First Time in Paperback

Summary

"Arguably the most accomplished writer of historical fiction of our time" (The Myrtle Beach Sun-News), John Jakes returns to the Civil War era he chronicled in his bestselling North and South trilogy with a stunning new novel detailing a little-known event from that conflict...

Georgia 1864: Sherman's army marches inexorably from Atlanta to the sea. In its path: the charming old city of Savannah, where the Lester ladies—attractive widowed Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie—struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city to President Lincoln as "a Christmas gift," Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them...