The Hanging Rock Rebel: Lt. John Blue's War in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley [Hardcover]

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: White Mane Pub (November 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0942597621
• ISBN-13: 978-0942597622
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,841,031 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars First Person Account, December 30, 2000

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This review is from: The Hanging Rock Rebel: Lt. John Blue's War in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley (Hardcover)

This book is an engaging first person account of the exploits of a rather daring Confederate foot soldier. The book is lifted from a series of newspaper articles John Blue wrote over 30 years after the War for Southern Independence ended. Blue does not get into the political and social issues of the day, but recounts in a straigtforward and interesting style the struggles of a soldier, including his experience as a prisoner of war and escapee. This book is particularly interesting to those familiar with the geography of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the corridor through Brocks Gap into West Virginia where Blue grew up in site of what is still known as Hanging Rock.

5.0 out of 5 stars short book review, December 17, 2009

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This review is from: The Hanging Rock Rebel: Lt. John Blue's War in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley (Hardcover)

Great read for history buffs especially for people in the West Virginia panhandle area and northern Virginia.