num_pages: 218
description: When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety—blue on one side, gray on the other— Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his with boldness, bravery, and self-posession.Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels— All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead .
language: English
title: Coal Black Horse
titlecomplete: Coal Black Horse
genres: Historical, Literary Fiction, Coming Of Age, Adult, Westerns, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, American Civil War, Civil War
ratings_count: 1884
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Dayton Literary Peace Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1199174400000
name: Ohioana Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: Algonquin Books