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Welcome to Melanie D. Calvert's (a.k.a., "Dahlia Patton") Web site The best in Historical Romance.
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It doesn't matter if you like the rough and tough days of the mountain, the bloody battles of the Civil War, or the high paced, action in settling the West, Dahlia Patton writes all of them.
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"Melanie D. Calvert is a master craftswoman at the top of the list for Historical Fiction! Bravo!"
W.R. Benton, Author of "War Paint"
"I haven'tread any 'romance - historical fiction' in about a decade. The quality of the writing was becoming superficial, with mixed up history, but this chapter held my attention. The conversations are real and masculine, the descriptions just enough to set the scene and define the characters. nothing jarred my remembrance of history. I will put this on my list of books to look for. Enjoyable read for a wintry afternoon."
Lori, From the Writers Cafe
Melanie D. Calvert's pen name is Dahlia Patton and she will soon have books out under both names.
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The Civil War
The four bloody years of the American Civil War was one of the most devastating events to occur in our nation's history and surprisingly, the real reasons for the war are debated in universities today. Of all the reasons suggested the most often, to free African Americans, is in reality the one with the least merit. The decision to free black Americans was not actually announced by Lincoln until late in the war, so at least in the White House slaves were freed only as a second thought. The President may have very well considered it an excellent time to put the slavery issue to bed for good. Some may argue intelligently that slavery was the very soul of the war. It surely had a strong impact, but the actual reasons are very complex, with issues like states rights, the Missouri Compromise, unrest and mistrust between the North and South over a variety of social issues, slavery, John Brown's Raid, and the list goes on. While the real reasons for the war may never be known, there is little doubt the impact of the conflict affected every person in the nation, black, Hispanic, Asians, and white, to some degree.
It was a war of "brother against brother" and it tore families apart, creating anger and resentment that can still be felt in some parts of the deep South to this day. The South, while well supplied in guts, lacked the factories and materials need to fight a serious war for any great length of time. Even Confederate General Robert E. Lee, commander of the Army of Virginia, stated the South would be conducting the war using mainly strong determination as its principal weapon. He further stated it would last at least four years.
Melanie D. Calvert, brings the Civil War, love and life alive in her writing of that time period.
04-07-2008 - Saga Books and Melanie D. Calvert are both pleased to announce that "A SouthernMoon Rising" has been released.Click on the link below to order this wonderful book!
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