The Fires of Pride
Subtitle: A Novel
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: December 10, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780786712236
Subjects: Sagas; History; American Historical Fiction; Fiction - Historical; Fiction; United States; Literary; Historical - General; Fiction / Literary; Civil War, 1861-1865; 1861-1865, Civil War
First sentence: In a letter dated June 30, 1863, Alonzo Cushing conveyed exciting news to his brother, Lieutenant Commander Will Cushing: Alonzo and his unit, Battery A of the 4th New York Artillery, were breaking camp and preparing to march for Pennsylvania, as part of the mighty host General Meade was gathering to repulse Lee's audacious invasion of the North.