After the Battle of Chickamauga, wounded Yankee soldiers are brought
to the home of Pearl MacFarlane and her father. The MacFarlane’s
have very little, and they’re mourning the deaths of three of
Pearl’s brothers in battle. For these reasons, Pearl does not want
Yankees in her home. However, she has no choice.
Relying on her faith
in God, Pearl accepts the challenge of caring for the men and finds
that although Yankees, they are regular people. Josh Bledsoe, a
soldier from Ohio, draws her in spite of her aversion. He has lost a
hand and is struggling with his antipathy toward the South in much the
same way, Pearl is to
In this story, there
are no plantations and dashing cavaliers. The MacFarlands are
farmers. They don’t own slaves and don’t believe in it, but they
do believe in the rights of their state, Tennessee, and that’s what
they fight for. I though the author did an excellent job of bringing
these people to life. It highlights the fact that not all southerners
were fighting to preserve slavery. For many, it was loyalty to their
homes and their state.
Pearl and Josh are
characters you can understand. Each has their own loyalties when they
meet, but as they get to know each other, they begin to understand
the other’s point of view and to respect it.
This is one of my
favorites from the Daughters of the Mayflower series. I highly
recommend it.
I received this book
from Barbour Books for this review.
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