Review: Fine story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2014
Mr. Underwood, unhappily married to Mehitable, once the prettiest girl in town, whose heart he won over his bitterest rival, was a rather unsuccessful farmer in one of the western counties of Virginia around 1860.  He did prove himself to be rather diplomatic, calming an uprising in town following John Brown's arrest, when some townsfolk feared that John Brown might be coming to cause an uprising amongst their slaves.  Elected to a local office, then hired by his Congressman as a secretary, he traveled to Washington, DC.  Of course, tension between Underwood and his wife grew.  Meanwhile, Underwood attracted the attention of the local Judge with an idea that if Virginia seceeded from the Union, the Western Counties could seceed from Virginia.  Of course, that happened, but this is an entertaining tale woven around actual events.  Great story for fans of historical fiction.