Historical fiction book · Open Library
The perilous road
Unknown author · historical fiction
Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.
About this historical novel
The perilous road by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.
On HisFic we tag it under 1. Literary historical fiction so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include fiction, history, juvenile fiction, prejudices, and united states civil war, 1861-1865.
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Plot summary
Fourteen-year-old Chris, bitterly hating the Yankees for invading his Tennessee mountain home, learns a difficult lesson about the waste of war and the meaning of tolerance and courage when he reports the approach of a Yankee supply troop to the Confederates, only to learn that his brother is probably part of that troop.
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Global / multiple
Themes
- fiction
- history
- juvenile fiction
- prejudices
- united states civil war, 1861-1865
- war
- war stories
- 1861-1865, civil war
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open-library