The silent shore of memory [electronic resource] :a novel / by John C. Kerr.
By: Kerr, John C [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookPublisher: Fort Worth, Texas : TCU Press, 2015. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (240 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780875656236; 0875656234.Subject(s): Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Texas -- Fiction | Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Fiction | Lawyers -- Texas -- Fiction | Southern States -- Race relations -- FictionGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 813/.6 Online resources: Full text available: Summary: "The silent shore of memory chronicles the 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 as a lawyer and judge. Steeped in the history of the South, [the novel] 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"--Amazon.com.
"The silent shore of memory chronicles the 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 as a lawyer and judge. Steeped in the history of the South, [the novel] 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"--Amazon.com.
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