Author Description

An elderly gentleman tells a story to a four year old boy about the Civil War. He tells it with such clarity and detail, it almost sounds as if he was there. Thomas, a Union soldier, is shot by a blue-eyed, fiery redhead, Mary, for reasons she believes are just. As Thomas works her farm in shackles, he challenges Mary about the war, and in particular, the inhumanity of slavery. They butt heads over and over. And their distaste for each other rarely decelerates. But after working together for months, their bitter rivalry manifests into true, unadulterated, love. And just as they realize this affection, Confederate horse soldiers arrive, and take him to prison. Andersonville! What happens next, only true love could recognize!