{"product_id":"confederate-general-rides-north-paperback","title":"Confederate General Rides North - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda C. Gable\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this richly imagined, utterly original debut, a mother-daughter road trip leads a young girl, a precocious Civil War buff, to a hard-won understanding of the American history she loves and the personal history she inherits.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEleven-year-old Katherine McConnell is so immersed in Civil War history that she often imagines herself a general, leading troops to battle. When Kat's beautiful, impulsive mother wakes her early one morning in the summer of 1968 to tell her they will be taking a road trip from Georgia to Maine to find antiques for a shop she wants to open, Kat sees the opportunity for adventure and a respite from her parents' troubled marriage. Armed with a road atlas and her most treasured history books, Kat cleverly charts a course that will take them to battlefields and historic sites and, for her mother's sake she hopes, bring them home a success. But as the trip progresses, Kat's experiences test her faith in her mother and her loyalty to the South, bringing her to a difficult new awareness of her family and the history she reveres. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd when their journey comes to an abrupt and devastating halt in Gettysburg, Kat must make an irrevocable choice about their ultimate destination. Deftly narrated with the beguiling honesty of a child's perspective and set against the rich backdrop of the South during the 1960s, \u003ci\u003eThe Confederate General Rides North\u003c\/i\u003e gracefully blends a complex mother-daughter relationship, the legacy of the Civil War, and the ache of growing up too soon.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.8 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42731658313791,"sku":"9781416598404","price":22.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/09f250d948595c9079ebe7e89a161e7e.webp?v=1765129638","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/confederate-general-rides-north-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}