STONEWALL’S GOLD

St. Martin’s Griffin, New York, 1999, 1^st pr.  ISBN 0-312-25422-9.  Trade soft cover, 223 pages including Author’s Postscript.  Very good; light lift to wraps, small ding at upper rear spine edge, tight binding; pages tanning, black & white illustrations; appears unread.  ‘It is the final winter of the war, and in the wake of an infamous order issued by General Ulysses S. Grant, Union armies have laid waste to the majestic Shenandoah Valley.  As bitter weather sets in, the civilian population struggles to survive in the face of hardship and deprivation in a land marked by violence and terror.  When someone begins desecrating the graves of soldiers buried near Stonewall Jackson’s former headquarters, it is Jamie Lockhart who uncovers in incredible secret that could very well cost him his life.  Pursued by men who would kill to gain the information he possesses, Jamie embarks on a quest that will test the limit of his courage and endurance.  This magnificent novel hauntingly and vividly brings to life one of the most dramatic periods of the Civil War and the resilient people who lived through it.’ (from rear wrap)