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On Sacred Ground

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I stumbled upon this amazing book while I was searching for a gift for a friend. It sounded interesting so I ordered it. What I thought would be a dry book turned out to be an exciting adventure for me as well as the young character in the story. It provided me with the history of the Civil War through the use of colorful imagery. It's obvious that this author has done his research. I look forward to reading more from this wonderful yet unknown author. Keep up the great work! You have many fans. This is a book that I know I would want my friends to read.

"On Sacred Ground" is a small gem. Through Miller, Davies and their comrades in the Army of the Potomac, Stuart Kessler paints a vivid, compelling and terrifying image of war. Even more, he places us squarely in the tattered uniforms and worn soles (and souls) of the warriors who fought at Gettysburg, and in the other battles of the War Between The States. As the great-grandson of one of the wounded soldiers of that war, I am immensely grateful to Stuart Kessler.

As someone who is a Civil War student I have heard many accounts of battle events and the people who participated in them. Mr. Kesslers account not only shows his committment to research but he has a great gift of telling the story through the eyes of his well developed and interesting characters. Whether Mr. kessler is expressing the agony of a young mans struggle with the war and the horror related to it,family issues during that time or the warm new relationship he developes and certainly the logistics of battle you are drawn into a wonderful story told by a wonderful storyteller.

Wow! I found the book's imagery to be was excellent. I felt as though I was transported to another place and time. For someone who doesn't know a great deal about the civil war, like myself, I learned a lot about the subject, which could have been dry. For someone who has an extensive knowlege of the events, like my friend, she found the book to be accurate. The author's use of vocabulary was impressively appropriate.
A must-read! Very enjoyable. The author seems to have done his research on the civil war as it weaves through this remarkable coming of age story. I couldn't put it down!