Silent Shore of Memory - John C. Kerr - Bog

The Silent Shore of Memory chronicles the fictional life of James Barnhill from his days as a young Confederate soldier through the trials of Reconstruction in his native Texas and his later career and as a lawyer and judge. Steeped in the history of the South, The Silent Shore of Memory explores the nuances of views on slavery and the dissolution of the Union, the complexity of race relations and race politics during the thirty years following the Civil War, and the powerful bonds of familial love and friendship.