Item #254601 Distant Flame. Philip Lee Williams.
Distant Flame
Distant Flame

Distant Flame

Thomas Dunne Books, September 2004. First Edition. Cloth. Used - Very Good / Very Good. Item #254601
ISBN: 0312332521

In the spring of 1864, the Confederate Army in Georgia is faced with the onrushing storm of General William T. Sherman's troops. A young sharpshooter for the South, Charlie Merrill, who has suffered many losses in his life already, must find a way to endure---and grow---if he is to survive the battles that will culminate in July at the gates of Atlanta.
From the opening salvos on Rocky Face Ridge near Dalton, through the trials of Resaca and Kennesaw Mountain, Charlie must face the overwhelming force of the Federal army and a growing uncertainty about his place in the war.
Never before has the Atlanta Campaign been rendered---in all its swift and terrible action---with such attention to history or with writing that reaches the level of art. This crucial episode in the Civil War's western theater comes alive with unexcelled power and drama as it unfolds in soldiers' hands and hearts.
Throughout the course of the novel, Charlie's life is laid out in powerful detail. The experiences from his childhood, through the war, and into his twilight years are to a great extent on his mind half a century later when he is to give a major speech in the park of his small Georgia town
"A Distant Flame" is a book about the cost of war and the running conflict that led Sherman's Army to the Battle of Atlanta---and the March to the Sea. It stands as a testament to love, dedication, and growth, from the Civil War's fields of fire to the slow steps of old age.
A literary novel of love, dedication, and growth, 'A Distant Flame' takes readers from the Civil War's fields of fire to the slow steps of old age. Blue cloth with bright copper lettering along the spine. This book has actually been signed twice. Once on the front free endpaper with a dedication and once on the title page. Mylar wrapped to preserve.

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