The Black Flower, Howard Bahr
The Black Flower, Howard Bahr
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The Black Flower
A Novel of the Civil War

Author: Howard Bahr

Narrator: Brian Emerson

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

At twentysix, Bushrod Carter is already an old soldier, a veteran of all his regiments campaigns since Shiloh. Now, on an Indian summer afternoon in 1864, Bushrod finds himself in the line of battle once again, on a plain below the obscure village of Franklin, Tennessee. In the madness and violence of the great battle, he must confront his soul, learn from his comrades and from a young girl struggling with her own harsh past. This timeless portrait of a young mans suffering in war has won praise for its originality and power. The Black Flower is a story not only of war, but of men and women seeking redemption. Stripped of all that anchors them, they at last turn to honor and courage and love.

About Howard Bahr

Howard Bahr, a native of Oxford, Mississippi, teaches English at Motlow State Community College in Tennessee. He is the author of numerous essays, articles, and short stories, many of which deal with the American Civil War.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Candi

"We are all in hell, all of us." While reading this truly exceptional book about the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee, I had in my mind’s eye visions of some of the most nightmarish depictions of hell. Yet, despite these ghastly images, The Black Flower is a beautiful book, laced with camaraderie, humor......more

Goodreads review by Jeffrey

I don't generally think of myself as someone who reads civil war literature and yet perusing my bookshelves I realize I have accumulated more books about that period of history than I would have thought. I have severalStephen W. Sears books. I have a run of the Owen Parry series involving a characte......more

Goodreads review by Lawyer

The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War: Howard Bahr and Franklin, Tennessee The Black Flower: A Novel of the Civil War is the first of three novels by Howard Bahr set during the American Civil War. The other volumes are The Judas Field: A Novel of the Civil War and The Year of Jubilo: A Novel of......more

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