The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks 2005
The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks 2005
The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks 2005
The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks 2005
The Widow of the South - Robert Hicks 2005
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The Widow of the South – Robert Hicks 2005 |1st Edition SIGNED

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First edition, inscribed by the Author Robert Hicks on the title page. Bound in quarter brown board. Fine in Fine Dust Jacket.

The Widow of the South – Robert Hicks (2005)

Robert Hicks’ debut historical novel resurrects the haunting true story of Carrie McGavock, a Confederate widow whose Tennessee plantation, Carnton, became a makeshift hospital during the brutal Battle of Franklin (1864). As thousands die on her doorstep, Carrie transforms from a grieving mother (she lost three children) into the caretaker of nearly 1,500 Confederate graves, earning her the nickname “The Widow of the South.”

Hicks weaves together perspectives: Zachariah Cashwell, a wounded soldier haunted by his past; Mariah, Carrie’s enslaved confidante; and Colonel John Schofield, a Union officer caught in the war’s moral fog. The prose is visceral, blending Gothic atmosphere with unflinching war scenes—amputations in the parlor, blood-soaked fields—while probing themes of loss, redemption, and the porous line between enemy and ally.

“A war novel where the real battle is for memory—and the dead outnumber the living.”

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