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Melanie D. Calvert - Press Release
My latest Press Release
Saga Books Announces the Release of "A Southern Moon Rising" By Melanie D. Calvert
Saga Books Announces the Release of "A Southern Moon Rising" By Melanie D. Calvert, wife of Western Fiction Author W.R. Benton Issued By: W. R. Benton
Jul 04, 2008 13:27:53
"A Southern Moon Rising" by Melanie D. Calvert
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) - Jul 04, 2008 - Saga Books is Proud to Announce the Release of "A Southern Moon Rising" By Melanie D. Calvert.
A Southern Moon Rising
by Melanie D. Calvert-Benton
ISBN: 978-1-897512- 15-9
While Edmond Anderson is working as a spy for President Lincoln, to undercover an assassination attempt, he's threatened with death by the plotters. Requesting safety from the President, he's quickly posted to the army and then to Vicksburg, Mississippi, for protection. Near Vicksburg, as the battle rages ferociously, he suffers a severe wound to his head. As he recovers from his injury, he is ordered to carry dispatches and suffers a bloody wound to his side. Seeking shelter at an isolated cabin, he meets a beautiful Southern Belle, Sara Wainwright, who steals his heart, which already belongs to another. While she detests all things Union, she discovers all Yankee's are not the same and falls in love with Edmond.
Torn between his loyalties to the Union or his love for Sara, Ed decides to desert the army and stay with the woman he loves more than life. When a small family of runaway slaves suddenly appears at Sara's door, she is unable to turn them away. Discovering the black man is a skilled blacksmith, she quickly establishes a thriving business. However, when a gang of Southern cutthroats visits the business, a customer and the two adult slaves are killed, but only after the woman is brutally raped. The deaths of the blacks leave their infant an orphan, who Sara protectively takes under her wing. The same raiders visit the surrounding area and late that night, the son of the man killed on Sara's farm comes for assistance, his whole family dead. Together the four of them head west-to Arizona territory. They soon discover the trip is easier to talk about than to make, due to Sara's pregnancy, Indians, grizzly bears, and Amos Wees, a man determined to rape Sara and kill Edmond.
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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, the one most often used, 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, 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.
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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.
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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 Southen Moon Rising" has been relased. Click on the link below to order this wonderful book!
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