Adair Randolph Colley is the 18-year-old daughter of an Ozarks schoolmaster during the Civil War. When the Union militia penetrate to the backwoods where she lives, they burn her family's house, steal her family's possessions, and arrest her father; what is more, Adair is denounced as a Confederate spy. She is imprisoned, but finds an ethical Union soldier, Major William Neumann. He is moved by Adair's beauty and spirit, and asks her for some useful bit of information so that she can be released. Instead, she writes the ...
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Adair Randolph Colley is the 18-year-old daughter of an Ozarks schoolmaster during the Civil War. When the Union militia penetrate to the backwoods where she lives, they burn her family's house, steal her family's possessions, and arrest her father; what is more, Adair is denounced as a Confederate spy. She is imprisoned, but finds an ethical Union soldier, Major William Neumann. He is moved by Adair's beauty and spirit, and asks her for some useful bit of information so that she can be released. Instead, she writes the story of her life, and Neumann falls in love with her. They make plans to escape and meet after the war, but their journeys are fraught with peril. This novel is stark, unsentimental, but touching.
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The first pages of this book did not hold my attention. Jiles had a way of inserting historical facts that were interesting, but unnecessary and sometimes seemed out of context. Fortunately the story soon grabbed my attention. The personal tragedies of the Civil War must have been beyond belief. In this novel they become real. The main character, Adair Colley, overcomes the loss of home and family, harsh imprisonment and illness. It is a tribute to the strength of love and human endurance.
