Gear William

A VERY thick novel, in which I was so engrossed I devoured it quickly. A fascinating look at the nitty-gritty of the Civil War and its effects on a simple farm family from Arkansas. Each of the siblings reacts in their own way and afterwards, the siren call of the West pulls them there. I don't think I'll ever look through rose-colored glasses at the Civil War again. They all make new lives for themselves there. I wondered how authentic the author's descriptions of the Indians were later in the novel, when one brother lives among them. Too much sexual description disgusted me in the last half.

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