The Resource Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war, Donald McCaig
Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war, Donald McCaig
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- Summary
- A novel that resonates with the bitter glory and deep human shame of the Confederacy. Against the epic canvas of the Civil War, the people, black and white, of one Virginia plantation fulfill their unforgettable destinies.Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to Gatewood Plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south, and Duncan is packed off by his irate father to the Virginia Military Institute. As a cadet, Duncan guards the gallows of John Brown; as a man he will fight for Robert E. Lee. Another Gatewood slave, Jesse -- whose love for Maggie is unrequited -- escapes to find her and is sheltered by a young white couple who are sentenced to prison for this crime. Jesse finds his freedom and enlists in Mr. Lincoln's army; in time he will confront his former masters.From the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, and from a wealth of carefully researched yet unobtrusive historical detail, Donald McCaig conjures a passionate and richly textured story in the heart of America's greatest war. The loves, letters, and struggles of the characters connect a Vicksburg brothel to a Richmond salon, the riches of a sleek blockade runner with scenes of dire poverty, and the nightmare of a confederate hospital to the lurid hell of the battlefields at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.The Civil War is the wellspring of much of our most notable literature, and from this rich, poignant material McCaig has fashioned an unusual and powerful tale, a Confederate masterpiece
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war
- Title
- Jacob's ladder
- Title remainder
- a story of Virginia during the war
- Statement of responsibility
- Donald McCaig
- Title variation
- Jacob's ladder
- Title variation remainder
- a story of Virginia during the war
- Subject
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- trueCivil war
- Gatewood family -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInterracial romance
- trueRace relations
- trueSlavery
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueVirginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueAfrican Americans
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Fiction
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- War fiction
- trueVirginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- African Americans -- Virginia
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A novel that resonates with the bitter glory and deep human shame of the Confederacy. Against the epic canvas of the Civil War, the people, black and white, of one Virginia plantation fulfill their unforgettable destinies.Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to Gatewood Plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south, and Duncan is packed off by his irate father to the Virginia Military Institute. As a cadet, Duncan guards the gallows of John Brown; as a man he will fight for Robert E. Lee. Another Gatewood slave, Jesse -- whose love for Maggie is unrequited -- escapes to find her and is sheltered by a young white couple who are sentenced to prison for this crime. Jesse finds his freedom and enlists in Mr. Lincoln's army; in time he will confront his former masters.From the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, and from a wealth of carefully researched yet unobtrusive historical detail, Donald McCaig conjures a passionate and richly textured story in the heart of America's greatest war. The loves, letters, and struggles of the characters connect a Vicksburg brothel to a Richmond salon, the riches of a sleek blockade runner with scenes of dire poverty, and the nightmare of a confederate hospital to the lurid hell of the battlefields at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville.The Civil War is the wellspring of much of our most notable literature, and from this rich, poignant material McCaig has fashioned an unusual and powerful tale, a Confederate masterpiece
- Award
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- W. Y. Boyd Literary Award, 1999.
- Michael Shaara Prize for Excellence in Civil War Fiction, 1998
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- 004964
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1940-
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- McCaig, Donald
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3563.A255
- LC item number
- J33 1998
- Literary form
- fiction
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- Gatewood family
- African Americans
- Virginia
- Virginia
- Target audience
- adult
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- a story of Virginia during the war
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- Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war, Donald McCaig
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- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 525 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393046298
- Lccn
- 97031165
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- 37464307
- 284029
- Label
- Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war, Donald McCaig
- Carrier category
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- nc
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- Content category
- text
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 525 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393046298
- Lccn
- 97031165
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- System control number
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- 37464307
- 284029
Subject
- trueCivil war
- Gatewood family -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- trueInterracial romance
- trueRace relations
- trueSlavery
- trueUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueVirginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- trueAfrican Americans
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans -- Fiction
- Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- War fiction
- trueVirginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans
- African Americans -- Virginia
- African Americans -- Virginia -- Fiction
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