This is story of a young man who grows up in the wilderness of Pennsylvania in the mid 1800s and enlists as a substitute in the 93rd Pennsylvania Volunteers. It written around the actual diary which he carried through the final Battle of Petersburg and the pursuit and surrender of Lee at Appomattox Courthouse. It is a blend of fact and fiction with a touch of romance woven into the overall story. Must reading for the Civil War Buff.
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Mr. Williams has a fantastic way with words that conveys you immediately to the setting with cleverly crafted word pictures. -- Reader, R Singleton
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Elmer Williams was seventy three years of age before he published his first book, Au Revoir Parisienne. He inherited his great grandfather's civil war diary at age nine and has been a student of the civil war ever since.
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A new perspective of the Civil War and the men who fought it,
By Ralph E Boyce (Stockton, California United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Making of a Soldier (Paperback)
The fact-based story of a real family and the son who joined the Union army. The title could have been "The Making of a Man" as the title character matured into a strong, honest and courageous young man, independent of his experiences in the war. Fortunately, the author presents the authentic diary of the soldier, revealing fresh insight into his day-by-day life. Days of continuous drills and dress parades between days of combat. The diary also reveals the soldier's surprising knowledge of the progress of the war, even in distant places. Well worth reading.
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