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A Silence After Trumpets: The Story of Sarah Buchanan Preston

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I was looking forward to a nice little historical novel that might give insight into, and complete the story of, Buck Preston. What I got was a rather cloying attempt to re-cast Buck as something other than what she appeared to be, and done with a 20th century mindset pretending to be antebellum. The Buck Preston of this novella little resembles the Buck described by Mary Chesnut in her war diary. I wished the authors had stayed with what was known of Buck, good and not so good. It would have been a far more interesting book if they had. It is probably the most insipid thing I have ever read.

This book has very little basis in fact. The last page did mention her children and death, although it failed to go into detail. There has to be more factual data available on "Buck" Preston.

A wonderful and informative read about Bucky Preston, her life and the lives of numerous friends and family members living in Columbia, SC and Richmond, Va. during times that tried the souls and lives of all who were witness to the war to end all wars! Filled with historically accurate events that brings one to tears and laughter! The reader will find that they are almost transported back in time, able to reach out and touch these remarkabably strong, determined folks and join them in the southern cities that they once considered golden but as they watched, were turned to ruin.