An edition of The Guns of the South: a novel of the Civil War (1992)

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An edition of The Guns of the South: a novel of the Civil War (1992)

The guns of the South

a novel of the Civil War

1st ed.

by

  • ★★★ 3.2 (5 ratings) ·
  • 60 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

January 1864--General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equpped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower.
Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: Its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantitites to the Confederates.

The name of the weapon is the AK-47....

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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
516

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Subjects

Alternative histories, Fiction, Historical fiction, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Fiction, historical, Fiction, westerns, Fiction, historical, general, United States

People

Robert E. Lee

Places

United States

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865

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The Guns of the South
September 1, 1993, Del Rey
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Cover of: The guns of the South
The guns of the South: a novel of the Civil War
1992, Ballantine Books
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [515]-516).

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3570.U76 G86 1992, PS3570.U76G86 1992

The Physical Object

Pagination
516 p. :
Number of pages
516

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1744266M
Internet Archive
gunsofsouthnovel00turt
ISBN 10
0345376757
LCCN
92053156
OCLC/WorldCat
26096611
Library Thing
4791352
Goodreads
1714214

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First Sentence

"Robert E. Lee paused to dip his pen once more in the inkwell."

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