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Sue Mundy: A Novel of the Civil War (Kentucky Voices)
Richard Taylor
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Description for Sue Mundy: A Novel of the Civil War (Kentucky Voices)
Paperback. Series: Kentucky Voices. Num Pages: 360 pages, 6 photographs, 2 maps. BIC Classification: FJM; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
On March 15, 1865, three weeks before the end of the Civil War, twenty-year-old M. Jerome Clarke was hanged as a Confederate guerrilla in Louisville, Kentucky, as a crowd of thousands looked on. In the official charges against him, Clarke's description included the alias "Sue Mundy." By the time of his execution, Sue Mundy had earned a reputation as the region's most dangerous and enigmatic female outlaw. Sue Mundy is the story of Jerome Clarke, a quiet orphan boy who follows a near relative into the ranks of the Confederate infantry. Following his capture by Union forces and his subsequent ... Read more
On March 15, 1865, three weeks before the end of the Civil War, twenty-year-old M. Jerome Clarke was hanged as a Confederate guerrilla in Louisville, Kentucky, as a crowd of thousands looked on. In the official charges against him, Clarke's description included the alias "Sue Mundy." By the time of his execution, Sue Mundy had earned a reputation as the region's most dangerous and enigmatic female outlaw. Sue Mundy is the story of Jerome Clarke, a quiet orphan boy who follows a near relative into the ranks of the Confederate infantry. Following his capture by Union forces and his subsequent ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Condition
New
Series
Kentucky Voices
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Lexington, United States
ISBN
9780813192239
SKU
V9780813192239
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About Richard Taylor
Dr Richard Taylor holds BA and DPhil degrees in Ancient History from Oxford University. His doctoral thesis won the Hellenic Foundation prize for best UK thesis in classics and ancient history (and forms the basis for part of The Macedonian Phalanx ). He
Reviews for Sue Mundy: A Novel of the Civil War (Kentucky Voices)
This exciting novel takes you inside the nightmare of Civil War guerrilla warfare where you feel the entangled emotions of Marcellus Jerome Clarke, alias Sue Mundy, a teenage orphan caught in the web of retaliation between Confederates and Unionists. You feel Clarke's pain and guilt and experience the vulnerability of families victimized by outlaw guerrillas on both sides. - JAMES ... Read more