Author : Paula Vogel
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780822223610
THE STORY: It's 1864, and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith's mer
Author : James McIvor
Publisher : Viking Adult
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 25,8 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Documents an inspiring event just after Christmas in 1862 when closely camped Union and Confederate armies, having endeavored to out-sing one another with contrasting patriotic songs, joined together in a shared round of "Home Sweet Home."
Author : Tamera Alexander
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0310413206
“This tender love story between two wounded people whom God brings together for healing is a book readers will enjoy anytime—but especially at Christmas!” —Francine Rivers, New York Times bestselling author of Redeeming Love and A Voice in the Wind Amid war and the fading dream of the Confederacy, a wounded soldier and a destitute widow discover the true meaning of Christmas—and sacrificial love. Recently widowed, Aletta Prescott struggles to hold life together for herself and her six-year-old son. With the bank threatening to evict them, she discovers an advertisement for the Women’s Relief Society auction and applies for a position—only to discover it’s been filled. Then a chance meeting with a wounded soldier offers another opportunity—and friendship. But can Aletta trust this man? Captain Jake Winston, a revered Confederate sharpshooter, suffered a head wound at the Battle of Chickamauga. When doctors deliver their diagnosis, Jake fears losing not only his greatest skill but his very identity. As he heals, Jake is ordered to assist with a local Women’s Relief Society auction. He respectfully objects. Kowtowing to a bunch of “crinolines” isn’t his idea of soldiering. But orders are orders, and he soon discovers this group of ladies—one, in particular—is far more than he bargained for. Set against the backdrop and history of the Carnton Plantation in Franklin, Tennessee, Christmas at Carnton is a story of hope renewed and faith restored at Christmas.
Author : Stanley Weintraub
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,60 MB
Release : 2009-10-13
Category : History
ISBN : 0061959464
Historian Stanley Weintraub, author of Silent Night, combines two winning topics—Christmas and the Civil War—in General Sherman’s Christmas, new from Smithsonian Books. Focusing on the holiday season of 1864, when General Sherman relentlessly pushed his troops across Georgia to capture Savannah, General Sherman’s Christmas includes the voices of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict and is illustrated with striking period prints, making it the perfect holiday present for every history buff.
Author : Paula Vogel
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 18,85 MB
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1559367148
“Brilliant . . . even more ambitious than Vogel’s How I Learned to Drive . . . it covers more ground and is bolder in its storytelling. Vogel’s language is at its most poetic, eloquent and elegiac. In fact, its vivid imagery rivals the prose style of any great American short story writer. The play sounds like it might have been adapted from a beautiful, undiscovered novella.”—New Haven Register “One of the most absorbing evenings of theatre to come along in some time.”—Variety Past and present collide on a snowy Christmas Eve for a troubled family of five. Humorous and heart-wrenching, this beautifully written play proves that magic can be found in the simplest breaths of life. Combining the elements of No theatre and Bunraku with contemporary Western sensibilities, Vogel’s Ride is a mesmerizing homage to the works of Thornton Wilder, including Our Town. A moving and memorable study of the American family careening near the edge of oblivion. Paula Vogel’s plays include The Baltimore Waltz, Mineola Twins, Hot ‘n’ Throbbing, Desdemona, And Baby Makes Seven, among others. Ms. Vogel will be the resident playwright during the Signature Theatre’s 2004–05 season dedicated to her works. She has taught at Brown University in the MFA playwriting program since 1985.
Author : Owen Parry
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2012-11-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0062266381
A Union officer struggles homeward through a Christmas Eve snowstorm, haunted by loss and doubtful of the future. Paroled from a brutal prison camp, a young southern soldier yearns to find the one person he loves most in the world -- and worries over the devastation rumored to have reached his family's mountain. An immigrant private plans a startling Christmas surprise for his comrades. And a newly freed slave must choose between the desire for revenge and his longing to be a better man than his master . . . From northern colliery towns to ruined Old South plantations and the divided loyalties of the Appalachian Mountains, Owen Parry casts his storyteller's spell with a collection of unforgettable tales celebrating the enduring spirit of Christmas. Moving from darkness toward the light in the grand tradition of holiday tales, these stories are bound to become classics of the American yuletide season. Whether whispering an old-fashioned Christmas ghost story or reminding us that not all who suffered war's losses wore uniforms, the author always leads us back to the joyous beauty -- the miracle -- of Christmas. Moving and heartfelt, Our Simple Gifts revives the tradition of Christmas tales for grown-ups. As quietly as snow falls on holly, these Civil War Christmas tales will insist on being read again, year after year.
Author : Patricia C. McKissack
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,46 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
Author : Louisa May Alcott
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 13,80 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Christmas stories
ISBN : 9780516091785
Excerpt from the novel Little women, in which Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy give up their Christmas breakfast to help a poorer family.
Author : Paula Vogel
Publisher : Theatre Communications Group
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,78 MB
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Drama
ISBN : 1559363789
Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel’s new holiday classic.
Author : John E. Stanchak
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN :
"Here is a new kind of dictionary - one that is packed with full-color photographs, plus thousands of terms and historical facts from the Civil War." "The Visual Dictionary of the Civil War gives you access to the specialized vocabulary of historians and Civil War buffs in a way that is clear, informative, and easy to understand." "If you know what a particular uniform or rifle or cannon looks like but don't know its name, simply look at the labels around the illustrations. And if you know a term but don't know exactly what it refers to, the index directs you to the illustrations that show you just what you are looking for."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
