Because Of The Horses

Because Of The Horses is a complex family story set in 1863 East Tennessee. Many of the citizens still fiercely support the Union despite the rest of the state having voted to secede and join the Confederacy. In some cases fathers and brothers have chosen to fight on different sides. With both Confederate and Union troops in the area, families and neighbors are painfully divided as uneasy, explosive situations complicate daily living resulting in suspicion, mystery and intrigue. Most of all no one wants anyone telling them what to think or do. The story follows Eli and Harriet Marsh and their son Rice as they secretly collaborate with the Union army in a dangerous horse trading arrangement within Confederate occupied territory. Swirling around these main characters is a conflicting mixture of soldiers, freed and runaway slaves, murderers, thieves, historical figures, and regular folk. Mysterious attacks, clandestine meetings approaching battles, plunder and pillaging, love, death and destruction frame their days. The Marshes draw you into their intimate, personal story of "This is how it felt," to be a small part of society and events separate from, but inevitably tangled in the much bigger social upheaval of the Civil War.

• • Author: Patricia McGrane
• • Publisher: Patricia W. Mcgrane
• • Publication Date: Sep 22, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 212 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 0999109405
• • ISBN-13: 9780999109403