Bøger af Ruth Ochs Webster

Kentucky 1871For Confederate cavalryman Francis "Marion" Allender the late War of Rebellion has never truly ended. He still identifies as a member of Morgan's Raiders, the guerilla band headed by the legendary Kentucky general. He is greeted with warmth and adulation by some, with loathing and suspicion from the rest--depending upon their political views--and it seeps into every aspect of his life.As a new decade dawns, there's a dangerous battle that veterans from both sides will be forced to fight. A battle with no clear objectives, strategies, or marching orders. A battle without even a clearly defined enemy. In Marion's case, his enemy often feels uncomfortably close--his cousin Eliza and her Yankee husband, Corporal Jesse J. Cook. Jesse is a staunch Republican to Marion's Democrat, and Eliza (though blood), harbors a strangely personal vendetta.Marion and Jesse are thrust together by circumstance and should pool their considerable talents and resolve for the sake of the family. But can they?Danger lurks everywhere. In the dark, from the Ku-Klux-Klan. In the halls of power at the hands of corrupt politicians. In the meeting rooms of opposing veterans' organizations. In the teeming ghettos of immigrants. And amid a financial panic with its shuttered businesses, failed banks, collapsing farm prices, bankrupt railroads, low wages, joblessness, and breadlines. And underlying it all looms the question of how to assimilate the freed black man into American society.It was not what soldiers expected after marching home. They wanted only to expand their businesses, grow their farms, love a good woman, father babies, ride to hounds or bet on horses, shoot, hunt, fish, play cards, and raise a glass to the nation's second century and its prosperity.They did not expect, ever again, to seek the better angels of their nature.

FIRST PLACE WINNER: Historical Fiction. 2017 TAZ Book Awards. Henry Marts was 19 years old when he defied his Quaker faith and answered the call from President Lincoln to defend the Union. Fully expecting to be home in a matter of months, Henry left behind his parents, his work as an oysterman, his sea captain brother Will, and his sweetheart Christiana. Henry, and his comrades in the 3rd Regiment New Jersey Volunteer Infantry, would experience some of the most compelling moments of the Eastern campaigns. Experience their triumphant surge up South Mountain at Crampton's Gap. Bear their frustration as they are held in fitful reserve at Antietam. Feel the pain of being the somber rear guard during the long, bitter retreat from Fredericksburg. Witness Pickett's Charge from their hilltop vantage point. Be knee-deep in action at Bull Run Bridge, Chancellorsville, and the Wilderness. And advance up Laurel Hill at Spotsylvania Courthouse. There Henry would face his enemies and inner demons in one final struggle... Historical fiction: based on the military record and life of Henry W. Marts and the regimental record of the Jersey 3rd. First in the Civil War Series "Toe the Mark."

AWARD WINNER: KENTUCKY MONTHLY MAGAZINE ANNUAL LITERARY CONTEST--FIRST PLACE--NOVEL OPENING Union vs. Confederate.They were brothers and first cousins. Frank, Sam, Alex, and Marion. Forced to choose sides in a divided Kentucky. Their state would rage. Family ties rupture. Loyalties be questioned. >Inspired by the service of actual Civil War soldiers. Based on military records from the National Archives, regimental reports, historical newspaper accounts, historical and genealogical research.

What is legacy? A bequest, something handed down from ones' ancestors. For the Scotsmen who fought for America's Independence and their sons it was a proud heritage of patriotism, duty, and a stout heart in the face of danger. When America erupted in an ugly civil war in 1861, it would fall upon the shoulders of the fifth generation of Ramseys in America to defend the Union and its flag.The Ramsey Legacy is a story that follows the sons from one Scots American family through four turbulent years, from Ontario to Alabama, from the battlefield to the home front, to the halls of political power. Ben-the nascent industrialist. Jack-a brooding blacksmith. Bill-the civic-minded engineer.Experience the early Virginia campaign and Shiloh, the gunboat action on the Yazoo and Mississippi Rivers, and the Sieges of Vicksburg and Mobile. Endure the political battles, corruption, and intrigue emanating from the North, fueled by secret Copperhead societies, conspirators, and financiers hoping to destroy the Union. Live the everyday life of those in and out of uniform, from the workplace to the opera house, from the saloon and brothel to the theater-riots, rallies, fights, celebrations, laughter, and tears.Inspired by a true story.Based on historical, military, and genealogical research.