A SEPARATE COUNTRY

New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2009. First Edition. . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hicks, a historical fiction writer, chose the post-Civil War life of Confederate Gen. John B. Hood as the focus of his second novel. Hood, considered one of the South's best generals, if sometimes overly aggresive to the point of recklessness, finished the war with a useless left arm and an amputated leg. He returned to civilian life in Louisiana where he met his wife, Anna Marie and became the father of 11 children. This fictionalized account featuring journals kept by Hood and his wife, are a tragic account of disability, poverty and death as Hood, his wife and one of his children all die within days of each other in a yllow fever epidemic, one of the usually unmentioned realities of the post war South. The love shared by Hood and his wife is this book's saving grace. First Printing, First Edition. About 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches, 424 pages bound in brown and orange paper-covered boards with gold lettering on the spine. Previous owner's name on the inside front cover partially hidden by the dj flap. O/w, boards and text are complete, clean and unmarked. No bumped corners or spine ends, not ex-library, not remaindered. Pictorial dustjacket shows only a touch of surface and edge wear, no tears, no creases, not price-clipped. A collectable copy.