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This sequel to Donald McCaig's award-winning Civil War novel Jacob's Ladder delivers a gripping saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn. McCaig follows the changing fortunes of a diverse ensemble of characters, including Edward, a wartime top sergeant for the 38th Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops. Travelling west as a scout, trail cook, cattle driver, and sharpshooter, he marries a Santee Indian.
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"His writing is crisp and clear, the story-telling superb. I particularly admire the way McCaig portrays the duplicity of white preachers and prospectors toward the Lakota in just a few opening pages. The journalist in me really appreciates his honesty."
— Marla (5 out of 5 stars)
Canaan Listener Reviews
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" Wide-ranging historical novel. Characters include former slave-holders, former slaves, Virginia history as well as the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and even some railroad building. Very entertaining. "
— Jean, 10/23/2012 -
" This was an audio book for me. it was 14 hours long. Very detailed and delves into the post Civil War time with a diverse groups of characters, ex-slaves, former slave owners, Nativer Americans, etc. "
— Beverly, 7/17/2012 -
" Really very good. I love books set in this time period. It's hard to imagine going through what our country did. "
— Julie, 4/24/2012 -
" Life in America after civil War from Reconstruction Richmond o the Great Plains. "
— Kitty, 2/9/2011 -
" This was an audio book for me. it was 14 hours long. Very detailed and delves into the post Civil War time with a diverse groups of characters, ex-slaves, former slave owners, Nativer Americans, etc. <br/> "
— Beverly, 12/11/2009 -
" Life in America after civil War from Reconstruction Richmond o the Great Plains. "
— Kitty, 3/28/2009 -
" Really very good. I love books set in this time period. It's hard to imagine going through what our country did. "
— Julie, 5/4/2008 -
" Wide-ranging historical novel. Characters include former slave-holders, former slaves, Virginia history as well as the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and even some railroad building. Very entertaining. "
— Jean, 8/27/2007
About Donald McCaig
Donald McCaig has written several acclaimed novels about the Civil War, including Jacob’s Ladder, which has been called “the best civil war novel ever written” by the Virginia Quarterly.
About the Narrators
Tom Stechschulte (1948–2021) was an acclaimed narrator and winner of the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration. He had been a college athlete and business major when a friend dared him to audition for a play. He got the part and traded the locker room for the dressing room, eventually taking him to New York City and to recording audiobooks.
Alyssa Bresnahan is a dynamic dancer, actor, and audiobook narrator. She has narrated over two hundred audiobooks, has earned twenty Earphones Awards, and was named one of AudioFile magazine’s Golden Voices. In 2009 she was a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award for best fiction narration.
Carine Montbertrand is an award-winning narrator of dozens of audiobooks. When she first started working in the 1990s, she sounded younger than her years and specialized in children’s and young adult titles. Since then she has expanded to fiction for adults and has recorded everything from murder mysteries to fantasy and inspirational titles. She is adept with dialects and accents, voicing characters from countries around the world. She also specializes in English language titles with a French flavor, as she is half French. With her audiobooks, she has the opportunity to tell wonderful stories while finding voices for men, women, children, and sometimes ghosts and extraterrestrials.