March
(Libby/OverDrive eBook, Kindle)
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Brooks, Geraldine Author
Published
Penguin Publishing Group , 2006.
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Description
As the North reels under a series of unexpected defeats during the dark first year of the Civil War, one man leaves behind his family to aid the Union cause. His experiences will utterly change his marriage and challenge his most ardently held beliefs.From Louisa May Alcott's classic Little Women, Geraldine Brooks has taken the character of the absent father, Mr. March, who has gone off to war leaving his wife and daughters to make do in mean times. In Brooks's telling, Mr. March emerges as an idealistic chaplain in the little known backwaters of a war that will test his faith in himself and in the Union cause as he learns that his side, too, is capable of acts of barbarism and racism. As he recovers from a near mortal illness, he must reassemble his shattered mind and body and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been through.
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Format
eBook
Street Date
1/31/2006
Language
English
ISBN
9781101079256
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brooks, G. (2006). March . Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine. 2006. March. Penguin Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine. March Penguin Publishing Group, 2006.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Brooks, G. (2006). March. Penguin Publishing Group.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brooks, Geraldine. March Penguin Publishing Group, 2006.
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| Collection | Owned | Available | Number of Holds |
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| Libby | 4 | 0 | 6 |
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