Fleeing the oppression of the Hapsburg Empire, a group of Czech e+a7migre+a7s searches for a new life in America, only to become caught up in the turmoil of the Civil War, especially Lida, who marries a plantation owner's son, and her brother, who falls in love with a slave woman.
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ely acclaimed author of Dvorak in Love and The Engineer of Human Souls comes an unusual Civil War novel based on the documented memories of Czech soldiers who fought for the Union in the 26th Wisconsin battalion under General William Tecumseh Sherman.
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- PublisherAlfred a Knopf Inc
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0679444114
- ISBN 13 9780679444114
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages436
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