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Description edit
Forced to impersonate a boy in order to flee the devastation of the Civil War, proud Southern orphan Alaina MacGaren finds herself in the arms of Union soldier Cole Latimer, who finds his loyalties tested. Originally in paperback.
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Characters edit
- Alaina lighty: full name-Alaina MacGaren-impersonates a boy during the Civil War, but is discovered
- Cole Latimer: Union soldier
- Roberta Craighugh: Add a description of this character.
- Saul Caleb
- Maina
- Jacques DuBonné
- Al Craighugh
- Madame Hawthorne
- Mindy
- Madam
- Major Magruder
- Dulcie
- Mrs. Garth
- Braegar Darvey
- Peter
- Tamara Latimer
- c.r. latimer
- Annie Murphy
- Gunn
- Miles
- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss
- Alaina MacGaren Latimer
- Carolyn Darvey
- Olie
- Lea La
- Martin Holvag
- Captain Latimer
- Doctor Brooks
- Glynis Lynn Latimer
- Emmett Gillett
- Mister James
- Bobby Johnson
- Musingly Alaina
- Mrs. Eleanore McGivers Darvey
- Jedediah
- Gretchen
- Cora Mae
- Mrs. Hawthome
- Jason MacGaren
- Mademoiselle Hawthorne
- Horace Burr
- Sheriff
- Harry
- Robert E. Lee
- Tater Williams
- Patrick Morgan
- Charles
- Kirby Smith
- Lieutenant Baxter
- Camilla Hawthorne
- milord
- Clay Mitchell
- General Grant
- Richard Taylor
- Parson Lyman
- Leala Craighugh
- Lieutenant Cox
- A. J. Smith
- General Banks
- Major Forbes
- Butler
- Laina
- Jenny
- Frederick Latimer
- Xanthia Morgan
- Mrs. Latimer
- Lieutenant Appleby
- Gundar
- Sherman
- Franze Prochavski
- Mistah Angus knowin
- Mister DuBonné
- Mister Lincoln
- Rebecca Cummings
- Major Latimer
- Grissom
- Franklin
Setting & Locations edit
- New Orleans
- Xanthia
- Washington
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Mississippi
- Alexandria
- Minnesota
- Briar Hill
- St. Cloud
- Atlanta
- Alairta
First Sentence edit
THE wide, muddy river lapped with deceptive laziness at the foot of the levee, while a heavily laden riverboat ponderously picked a path through a bevy of Union warships.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 56 of 105 in AAR Top 100 Romances 1998. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Kathleen E. Woodiwiss (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Avon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0380463679
Page Count: 665
Publisher: Avon Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1979
ISBN: 0380463679
Page Count: 665
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PS3573.O625 A95
- Dewey: 813.54
Subjects edit
- Books › Romance › Historical
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