| Wildwood Boys Contributor(s): Blake, James Carlos (Author) |
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ISBN: 0380805936 ISBN-13: 9780380805938 Publisher: William Morrow & Company OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2001 Annotation: From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain and earns a name that becomes whispered with reverence and terror: "Bloody Bill." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | War & Military - Fiction | Sagas |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2001021366 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 5.4" W x 8.06" (0.67 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Kansas - Geographic Orientation - Missouri - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From the raw clay of historical fact, James Carlos Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of both a man and an America at war with themselves. Here is the brutally honest story of free-spirit William Anderson, who is pulled into a savage conflict of state against state in the years leading up to the Civil War. When Bill suffers a catastrophic loss, a fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain and earns a name that becomes whispered with reverence and terror: Bloody Bill. |
Contributor Bio(s): Blake, James Carlos: - James Carlos Blake is the author of nine novels. Among his literary honors are the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Southwest Book Award, Quarterly West Novella Prize, and Chautauqua South Book Award. He lives in Arizona. |