Manassas

Product Description [Read by Lloyd James]Manassas is the first book in Reasoner's ten-volume series spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one Southern family. Storm clouds are approaching Culpeper County, Virginia, in early January 1861. The troublesome Fogarty brothers have been raising havoc across the countryside, and when the local lawman, Will Brannon, returns from another futile attempt to track them down, he finds the townspeople abuzz. South Carolina has seceded from the Union, and rumor has it more states will follow, perhaps even Virginia. Will enlists, but so, too, do the Fogartys. All know that men die in battle and that these deaths are never investigated. As the Brannon brothers answer the call to arms, the family finds itself struggling with dilemmas it never had considered. Review ''It's a tremendous Southern war story without the moonlight, magnolias and plantations; a down-to-earth story of the common people. Dont miss it!'' -- Valdosta (Ga.) Daily News''Manassas is a detailed work of historical fiction written by a gifted author.'' --The Bookwatch''Reasoner spins a lively, suspenseful yarn.'' --Publisher's Weekly''This story climbs into the hearts and minds of the people who lived it and portrays vividly the volatile political situation as state after state secedes from the Union....The reader can almost feel the heat of battle.'' --Victoria (Tex.) Advocate About the Author James Reasoner is a veteran writer of historical fiction. Author of several volumes in the Wagons West series, he has also written Westward, Expedition, and Outpost, a frontier trilogy set in the years before the Lewis and Clark expedition. Reasoner lives near Azle, Texas.