num_pages: 336
description: "A gem . . . John Jakes personalizes (Sherman's March) with his trademark brisk plotting, exhaustive research, realistic characters and generous humor." — Cleveland Plain DealerGeorgia 1864: Sherman's army marches inexorably from Atlanta to the sea. In its the charming old city of Savannah, where the Lester ladies-attractive widow Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie-struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city to President Lincoln as "a Christmas gift," Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them.
language: English
title: Savannah, or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln
titlecomplete: Savannah, or A Gift for Mr. Lincoln
genres: Audiobook, Civil War, Historical, Historical Fiction, Novels, American Civil War, Adult, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 1870
publisher: Berkley