Last of the Dixie Heroes, Peter Abrahams
Last of the Dixie Heroes, Peter Abrahams
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Last of the Dixie Heroes
A Novel of Suspense

Author: Peter Abrahams

Narrator: Buck Schirner

Unabridged: 9 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 08/25/2005


Synopsis

Roy Hill married the girl of his dreams, dotes on his eleven-year-old son, and is next in line for a big promotion in the Atlanta office of a global corporation. Then, almost imperceptibly it all starts to unravel. He is losing control of his life. When his best friend joins a Civil War reenactment group, spending his weekends in camps where the year is forever 1863, Roy finds the idea laughable . . . even though he is the descendent and namesake of a Confederate Civil War hero. But when he visits the regiment just to be polite, something unexpected happens, gradually opening Roy's eyes to the secret of a distant conflict that never ended - and leading him down a path that grows more menacing at every turn. With his job disappearing in a way he could never have foreseen, his whole life slipping out of control, Roy falls deeper and deeper into the Rebel past. A strange and powerful idea takes hold: that his life went wrong long before he was born, in the fateful campaigns that preceded the burning of Atlanta. Among the men, a hard-core splinter group is formed - with Roy at its center. On an ancient battlefield, the once-clear lines between reenactment and reality begin to disappear. When his son is taken hostage is it real? When the old muskets fire will they still fire blanks? Or will a bloody history come stunningly to life? An extraordinary novel about the fate of men and women no longer in step with the rhythms of the modern world, marching back into Southern history to make things right, Last of the Dixie Heroes is Peter Abrahams's most dazzlingly original work yet.

About Peter Abrahams

Peter Abrahams is the author of The Tutor, The Last of the Dixie Heroes, A Perfect Crime, Crying Wolf, and The Fan, which was made into a major motion picture starring Robert DeNiro. He lives on Cape Cod with his wife and four children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on January 24, 2021

I find it hard to be objective about the novels of Peter Abrahams; they simply broadcast on my personal frequency in a way few author oeuvres do, THE LAST OF THE DIXIE HEROES is an example of everything I enjoy about Abrahams, save for what feels like the minor inconvenience of a ridiculous plot. Pl......more

Goodreads review by Lillian on July 22, 2019

I have to admit that the beginning of this book had a rough start to it. Some of the sentences seemed stunted and almost like it was meant for a younger audience than the category I fall into. However, once I got past the middle of it it did flow better and I could actually feel what the character w......more

Goodreads review by Leigh Ann on July 28, 2009

I was just browsing through the library and found this book one day. I really like stories related to the Civil War time period so I decided to read this one. I was hooked once I started reading it and loved it! It is about a person who has a civil war past and isn't interested in the least bit but......more

Goodreads review by Suzyn on November 22, 2011

Peter Abrahams has no bigger fan than me, but this wasn't his best work. Unusual and inventive, yes, fun to read, not so much. He gets an entire extra star for the fact that a couple of chapters before the end, I still had no idea how it was going to turn out. That's unusual for me. Of course, the e......more

Goodreads review by Susan on August 01, 2016

Some what odd book. The writing is fine, and it kept my (mild) interest for the most part. It does get points for originality, with the Civil war reenactor plotline. But it was billed as a "suspense novel" and it wasn't. There is one twist that I didn't pick up on, but there are plenty of clues, and......more