Introduction

This Side of the River Told from multiple narrators, this gritty tale takes place in the summer of 1865 after the Confederacy has collapsed. A contingent of young Civil War widows who have survived General Sherman s March to the Sea rally around a teenage, Christ-haunted Texas Ranger named Cat Harvey to travel to Ohio to burn down Sherman s home. This compelling tale explores themes of trauma, revenge, redemption, and the disorder known then as nostalgia or soldier s heart. Author Corey Mesler proclaimd This Side of the River yarn-spinning of the highest order. Stayton s narrative, which gives Confederate soldiers body servants a voice that few Civil War stories do, will burn bright long after you ve put the book down.

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1. How did the author challenge your expectations of gender for this time period?
2. Do you believe this to be a story of revenge, or redemption?
3. Why do you think the Civil War still so fascinating today, 150 years later? Do you feel it still has significance in modern America?

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