The Valley of the Shadows
Subtitle: The Coming of the Civil War in Lincoln's Midwest, A Contemporary Account
Contributors: Bernard DeVoto (Editor)
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Published: April 5, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781432612900
Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; History : Military - General; History : United States - Civil War; General; Military - General; United States - Civil War; Biography & Autobiography; History - Military / War; Biography/Autobiography
First sentence: ALL through the winter the meeting-house on Saul's Prairie had stood deserted and dormant, its windows rattling in the bleak winds, perhaps longing for the coming revivals and the living, vital sympathy of beings "clothed in garments divine"; but now, how different it looked on this wonderful Sunday morning, with its door and windows wide open, the flowers in bloom, and the birds perched on the tallest weeds pouring forth their song!