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Burn, Missouri, Burn

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I have just finished reading this novel set in the Civil War in the Arkansas, Missouri area. While the story is fictional about one family, the battles described were real. My interest in my great grandfather's participation as a "Damned Yankee" in an Arkansas Union infantry unit made this book a real find.
The personal story of the fictional family clarifies the anguish created by this war. The cruelties to both civilians and soldiers were horrible and Mr. Greenwood has described everything as if he were actually there, making the story come to life on a gut level. The book is easy to read but I could only read for a short period at a time because of the anguish I felt for the people involved.

This is a fast-paced, fact-based book about the Civil War. If you are looking for a great war drama, this is it. The detail is amazing. It is almost as if the author lived during this war. The main characters are Southeners and I began to root for the Rebels, hoping that there was some way they might actually win this war. It is just that good. The ending feels very abrupt, as if the author wanted to tell more but ran out of space. I definitely recommend reading the next book of the trilogy right after the first. It helps finish the story. Some questions you have at the end of this book are answered in the next book. Overall, a great book!

i bought these book when i was at the jesse james farm on vacation with my family. i was 16 at the time. it opened up my eyes.on what life might have been back like then. the missouri people sufferd much. i have allways been a die hard rebel and allways will .and i thought the book made agood point about the jay hawkers. they were scum. and he used real events and put his characters there. you meet frank and jesse james jo shelby. and others all 3 books were great. i only wish there were more

Burn, Missouri, Burn is the first historical novel of a trilogy. It is an action packed read of the true battles and campaigns fought in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Texas during the American Civil War. What happened during the war west of the Mississippi has been largly ignored, yet the war there was more violent and vicious then in any other portion of the South. The war, is seen through the eyes of a fictional family. I am the author and I hope you'll give my book a try. Thanks Randal L. Greenwood