The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War
Language: English
Published by Iuniverse Inc, 2010
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- Title
- The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War
- Author
- Adams, Richard Barlow
- Publisher
- Iuniverse Inc
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1450231179
- ISBN 13
- 9781450231176
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From the Author
The Parting: A Story of West Point on the Eve of the Civil War
Richard Barlow Adams
Five Stars (out of Five)
Set in the year before the start of the Civil War, The Parting captures both the excitement and tension of that troubling and divisive time in American history. Although a full third of the novel is devoted to what may seem a frivolous romance between cadets and visiting college girls during a week in the summer of 1860, this element of the storyline is more than just light entertainment. It provides a scrupulous look into the way the young, privileged elite of the time comported themselves in study and play, how they treated one another, and how they viewed their world and the roles they felt required to play in it.
The romance also provides a backdrop for the real story of the book: a country and a class driven apart by conflicting loyalties and beliefs on issues of family, politics, region, and, of course, slavery. The characters' opinions on these controversial issues drive the plot and propel the narrative through the remainder of that last, sweet summer of 1860 and into the increasingly contentious fall and winter before the outbreak of war the following spring.
All in all, and despite the heady issues of the day, Adams' writing is charming, entertaining, and at times even light...a delightful yet poignant look at a generation--and a country--about to lose its innocence in the fires of civil war.
Mark G. McLaughlin
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