Stonewall [Paperback]

John Dwyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1998

A powerful work of historical fiction that dramatizes the romantic, brutal, and glorious life of Stonewall Jackson, one of the Civil War's greatest heroes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: B&H Fiction (September 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805416633
• ISBN-13: 978-0805416633
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #618,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, January 24, 2000

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Clayton D. Doolittle "claydoo" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

John Dwyer has taken history, and turned it into live action while sprinkling in a healthy dose of spiritual excitement and emotional stimulation. I feel as if I have ridden with Stonewall through many of the historic battles of the pre-Gettysburg Civil War. He strongly displays the reliance Gen. Jackson and others had on their God and their relationships with Jesus Christ. I recommend this book without reservation or condition.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the five most inspiring books I have ever read., April 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

I thought this would be another blood-and-guts war novel like "The Killer Angels" and the other Shaara books. Boy, was I wrong. It does have some of the most gripping and "you are there" battle scenes I have read, but "Stonewall" is a grand epic in the old style, a 40-year long, adventure-filled journey of loss and redemption, full of colorful characters and some of America's most legendary events. I only thought I knew what would happen in this book.

I read a lot of novels, but I have read very few written in the last fifty years that exhibit the literary grace and power of this one. These characters are so real and 3-dimensional--especially the great Confederate general Stonewall Jackson and the book's lead female, the poetess Maggie Preston--that I found myself caring much more for them than I usually do the figures in a dramatic work.

This book kept me awake half the night--AFTER I had finished it. Strangely, I felt myself at once haunted and inspired by it. It has also spurred me to read more about Stonewall Jackson and some of the other characters, such as Jeb Stuart, Robert E. Lee, and Oliver O. Howard.

"Stonewall" has adventure, romance, intrigue, faith, and history. It powerfully demonstrates how strongly great men and women on both sides--some of them devout Christians--believed in their respective causes. And I have NEVER read a Civil War book that so poignantly reveals the hopes and sorrows of those on the home front.

This is one of the five most inspiring books I have ever read.

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best novels I have read in many years., June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

I am John Dwyer's literary agent, and I was the acquisitions editor at Broadman & Holman Publishers who got the Stonewall novel contracted.

When John and I first talked in 1991 about writing a novel on Stonewall Jackson, I knew then that this Confederate commander would make a wonderful subject for a fiction treatment. Little did I know, though, how creatively yet historically accurate John would write Stonewall's story. I knew John had the writing ability and talent, and I knew he had the historical grasp of the Stonewall figure. But when I saw how well John pulled the entire story together, I knew the novel was going to be something very special. And that it certainly has turned out to be.

Stonewall is a powerful epic set during America's most tumultuous, heart-renching period of history. The novel shows us how a person of genuine good character can overcome what for many people would be overwhelming odds and humbly rise to such a high stature that even his enemies admired him.

A love story. Adventure. War. A faith on fire for God. A social conscience that challenged the accepted morals of the day. Tragedy. Humor. Heroism. Incredible achievement made in the face of doubters and cynics. The Stonewall novel has it all.

Do yourself a favor. Buy Stonewall for yourself and enjoy it from cover to cover. Then buy more copies and give them as gifts. Neither you nor the others who receive copies of this wonderful read will be disappointed in the least.