by M.B. Shelton 1838-1920
Annotated by Lynn
Manning Ross
ISBN 0-9754532-3-8
164 pages.
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A CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER'S COMPELLING
ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
Shelton, a Confederate soldier, recounts life in post Civil War as told
in his memoir. A former prisoner of war, he returned to his hometown in
Alabama only to find a township in ruin and lost opportunities.
America's second biggest gold rush is underway in the Rocky Mountains.
With nothing to lose, he caught history's last mule train west
in search of gold and silver in this yet to be tamed and dangerous
territory.
An enormous amount of published works,
movies and television shows have been written or produced about the
Civil War but far fewer works have been penned about a soldier's life
after the war. This is what makes Shelton's book so persuasive. Of the
3 million soldiers who fought in the brutal and bloody Civil War,
650,000 were killed and twice as many died from disease. Those who
returned home after the war met with difficult decisions forever
changing the lives they had known.
SHELTON'S INSPIRATIONAL
BOOK WILL RESONATE WITH
ANYONE WHO HAS FACED UNCOMMPROMISING CHANGE
At a deeper level, Shelton writes a touching and personal story about
his time in the Rocky Mountains. His tenacity, disappointments, and
successes are not unlike ours today as we dream, hope, work, and reach
for a better life. Since we all have our own type of mountain to
conquer, readers will not only find inspiration from his work but be
fascinated by this Confederate soldier's captivating descriptions of
America's frontier, his writing style, dry humor, and the book's
overall innocence by today's business and social standards as well as
its historical content. Annotated with a prologue, epilogue, appendage
and glossary. |
