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Deep In The Heart
Fiction/History/Civil War
5.5 x 8.5; 384 pages
ISBN 1-891799-20-7
13-Digit ISBN
978-1-891799-20-4
Quality Paperback- $24.95
Publication Date: 1998
Harbor House
In the spring of 1862, 19-year old Wiley Nesmith kissed his beautiful young bride goodbye, then marched off to war. Before leaving, he promised her he'd be home soon. But that wasn't to be. For the next three years he followed General Robert E. Lee into battle after battle across the thunderous killing fields of Virginia and Pennsylvania, Seven Pines, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvannia, Cold Harbor and Petersburg.
Based on a true story, Deep in the Heart is more than a book about heroic deeds and bloody sacrifices on the battlefield. It is also the deeply moving story about one young couple's undying love for each other and their bittersweet devotion to "the Cause"
and how one small Georgia town and its people struggle to survive the horrors of Sherman's invasion.
Endorsements:
"Better than Cold Mountain..."
--Chattanooga News-Press"Deep in the Heart is a powerful story about the Civil War which captures the spirit of the South as well as any book I have read in many years. In these pages the reader comes to understand the strong Southern support for the war, the great sacrifices that had to be made, and the heroism of so many Southern men and women. I enjoyed reading this novel. In fact, I read it in one day--it is a hard book to put down. The reader is transported back to the 1860s to a time and place which still remains sacred to Southerners today.
Randall Floyd has an excellent understanding of the leaders, battles, and...strategy. Thus, the reader learns a lot about the way the war unfolds. By the end the reader...will appreciate the complexity of this savage war. The reader will continue to think about this book and the war long after he has finished reading it...It is a memorable book about the most important war in American history. Its readers will gain a new appreciation for this special time in our history."
--Glenn Linden
Professor of History
Southern Methodist University
Author : Voices From the House Divided (McGraw-Hill 1994)
"Deep in the Heart offers a poignant and accurate portrayal of the deep emotional costs of the Civil War to southerners...E. Randall Floyd has woven a tale of intense passions--political and personal--as hot as an Irwinton summer."
--Christopher Phillips
Emporia State University
Deep In The Heart News Articles:
Civil War literature: No signs of retreat
by Ann Hyman, The Florida Times-UnionNew Novel centers on Confederate Soldier's ordeal
The Savannah Morning NewsTender lines, bloody fields
by Doug Miller, The Savannah Morning News
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