num_pages: 368
description: It is April 17 1861the day that Virginia secedes from the Union and the sixteenth birthday of John Alan Muro. As the Commonwealth erupts in celebration young Muro sees his dream of attending medical school in Philadelphia shattered by the sudden reality of war.Muros father believing that the Disagreement will pass sends his son instead to Charlottesville. Jeffersons forty-year-old University of Virginia has become a haven of rogues and dilettantes among them Muros roommate Braxton Baucom III a planters son who attempts to strike a resemblance to General Stonewall Jackson. Though the pair toasts lightheartedly To our studies! with a local corn whiskey known as The Bumbler the war effort soon exerts a sobering influence. Medical students like Muro are pressed into service at the Charlottesville General Hospital where the inexperienced Dr. Muro saves the life of a Northern lieutenant earning the scorn of his peers.As the war progresses Muro takes up yet another causewinning the affections of the beguiling Miss Lorrie Wigfall. Here too Muro faces a cunning adversary. Just as the fighting is closing in Muro is forced to make a choice that will shape the rest of his life. In this story of love loyalty and unimaginable sacrifice a doctor struggles to balance the passions of youth with the weight of responsibility.
language: English
title: The Disagreement
publisher: Simon & Schuster