Savannah Christmas
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A Gift for Mr Lincoln
Georgia 1864: General Sherman's army marches inexorably from Atlanta to the sea. In its path: the charming old city of Savannah, where the Lester ladies - attractive widow Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie - struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city to President Lincoln as 'a Christmas gift,' Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them.
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- ISBN: 9780349001289
- Author: John Jakes
- Pub date: 01.11.12
- RRP: $14.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
John Jakes
Born in Chicago in 1932, John Jakes began writing professionally when he was at university, having sold his first story for . He did freelance advertising copy while writing short stories and in 1973 started his 8-volume saga, The Kent Family Chronicles. All eight volumes went on to become international bestsellers. There are now more than fifty million of John Jakes' novels in print around the world and he is regarded as the pre-eminent writer of American historical fiction.
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