{"product_id":"the-barefoot-brigade-isbn-9780451232533","title":"The Barefoot Brigade","description":"\u003cb\u003e“One of the best Civil War novels I have read.”—James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Chickamauga to Spotsylvania, from Gettysburg to Appomattox, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e is an unforgettable Civil War novel about the brotherhood of soldiers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e War has ripped Martin Hasford’s nation apart, and like many men, he is torn between his devotion to his family and his sense of duty. Leaving his wife and children behind to run the family farm near Elkhorn Tavern, Hasford embarks on a path from which he may never return—and on which he meets men as embattled as himself: the Fawley brothers, young backwoodsmen running from the; Beverly Cass, a son of plantation privilege; Guthrie Scaggs, a judge turned army officer; Sidney Dinsmore, a no-account drunk; and Liverpool Morgan, a Welsh gambler. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Together these men form a tight niche in the Third Arkansas Infantry Regiment, trudging from the Ozark foothills, headed east into one cataclysmic battle after another, determined to beat back the Yankees and end the war. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e A testament to a special breed of American, \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e is a work of undeniable and lasting power.“One of the best Civil War novels I have read.”\u003cb\u003e—James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[Douglas C.] Jones writes about some of the most haunting men in the history of the American South-the dirt-farm infantry of the Confederate Army... The strength and heart of \u003ci\u003eThe Barefoot Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e lies in small events, individual antagonisms, boredom, waiting, slogging, hunger. One senses the men's growing mutual dependence, a reflection of the families they have left behind, the cement that holds the Confederate Army together.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Jones' new Civil War novel strives for a close-up, life-sized evocation of the conflict as it follows the men of a self-formed squad within the Thirteenth Arkansas Infantry Regiment... this is sturdy, above-average Civil War fiction- strong on unromanticized detail and day-to-day grit.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eDouglas C. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e was a three-time winner of the Western Writers of America's Golden Spur Award, as well as the recipient of their Owen Wister Award of Lifetime Achievement. A native of Arkansas, Jones died in 1998.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302728159461,"sku":"NP9780451232533","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451232533.jpg?v=1767738262","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-barefoot-brigade-isbn-9780451232533","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}