The Secret of War

tarheel · #1 01-18-2006, 10:03 PM

http://www.shop.com/op/aprod-p279312...er?sourceid=13

The Secret of War by Terrell T. Garren

This book was written by a man local to my area (Henderson County NC) about his family. Not so much a book about the civil war, as a book about the effects of the war on the families in Henderson County. Naturally I'm partial to it because it's about home folks, but if it will spark any interest in the book ... it does have a genuine union hero in it. (add in one of ole's typewritten smiley faces here)

samgrant · #2 01-20-2006, 07:40 PM

Tar, just found a book on Amazon called Bushwhackers (Civil War in North Carolina) by William R. Trotter.

"By the author of the notable nonfiction trilogy The Civil War in North Carolina which Charles Frazier acknowledged as source material for Cold Mountain"

Wonder if you are familiar with this author?

tarheel · #3 01-20-2006, 09:02 PM

Yes I just recently read that book as well. Another bloody account of my mountain home here during the war years. In Bushwhackers, Trotter credits a lot of his source material to stories passed down through the ages, and uses the OR to place times and events to the stories.
All in all it paints a not too pretty picture of western NC and east TN during the war. Great book, just not a good place to be during the war.