Title: North and South
Description: Published in 1982, North and South introduces the rice-growing Mains of South Carolina and the ironworking Hazards of Pennsylvania, whose respective scions Orry and George meet and become friends at West Point. Over the next two decades (1842–1861) the men fight in the Mexican–American War, suffer various family conflicts, and witness the increasing discord between the North and the South regions of the United States.
Subjects: Causes, Fiction, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Historical fiction, War, Large type books, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, war & military, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction
Places: United States, New York, Mexico, West Point, United States Military Academy at West Point, South Carolina, Pennsylvania
Time periods: 1815-1861, Civil War, 1861-1865