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Steven Wise, Sing for Us
During the dying days of the Civil War, Letha Bartlett lovingly tends to the wounded in a Confederate hospital in Richmond, Virginia. A widow herself, her gentle touch and fiercely protective personality bring comfort and courage to the soldiers in her care. When Granville Pollard, a Northerner who spurned his Union father to fight for the Confederacy, enters the ward, Letha is captivated by his cultured bearing and singing voice. Granville has lost both his fiancée and his feet to the war, leaving him emotionally and physically crippled.
Based on a true story, Sing for Us is a riveting tale of love and hope in the last days of the Civil War.
This is what the author has to say about high school English teachers:
"My love for writing dates back to a marvelous high school English teacher, Florence Hudson, who was both feared and revered. In one way or the other, everything I write is in honor of her memory. She once frowned down on a page I'd written, and said, "Steven, using just any word instead of the perfect word is like using a nail when a screw is called for." I often heard her voice during the writing of this novel, and fervently hope that I've written with screws. The voices of great teachers of literature never die, they just come from different places."
I don't know why I chose this book. Maybe because it was free.
Edit to add: One of the main characters, Granville Pollard, was injured in the Battle of the Wilderness. I read Lance Weller's book, Wilderness earlier this year. The descriptions of the battle are mind numbing.
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