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“A rare and extraordinary book . . . heart-stopping . . . spellbinding.”San Francisco Chronicle “A page turner that attains the status of literature.”Newsweek “Finely drawn, full of dark beauty and presentiment.”New Yorker “An astonishing first novel.”New York Review of Books. Charles Fraziers debut novel Cold Mountain made publishing history in 1997 when it stood at the top of the New York Times best-seller list for sixty-one weeks,...

Experience the Civil War in twenty 4- to 8- minute segments featuring never before seen photographs, artifacts and hundreds of rare paintings and engravings. Learn about the lives of the soldiers through their handwritten letters home and find out what life was like from the perspective of the average foot soldier.

"Joel McAllister is a lieutenant in the Confederate Army--or at least he was, until Lee surrendered. Now he's determined to get as far away from war as possible, somewhere beyond North and South (and maybe somewhere with some gold): Idaho Territory. Accompanied by his steadfast sergeant, Riley, the two former soldiers travel westward from Texas. But the trail to Silver City is littered with peril--including a band of notoriously merciless Comanche...