Bell, Madison Smartt.

Devil's dream / Madison Smartt Bell. - 1st ed. - New York : Pantheon Books, c2009. - 335 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

A fictionalized account of Nathan Bedford Forrest's experiences during the Civil War, describing his involvement in key battles, courtship and marriage, obsessive gambling, disdain for the Confederate bureaucracy, and his humane treatment of slaves.

Adult Follett Library Resources

9780375424885 (trade) 0375424881

2009009534


Historical fiction.


Southern States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Southern States--History--Fiction.
United States--History--1861-1865, Civil War--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PS3552.E517 / D48 2009

813/.54 [Fic]