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Title: Blue & Gray Cross Current
Author: John J. Chilton, Dan Chilton, Suzanne Chilton
Narrator: Kevin Crow
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-15
Publisher: Sharing Thyme LLC
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Deep in the Ozark Mountains, Current River flows clear and cold. It meets Jacks Fork in angry crosscurrents that scour an untamed channel. Dangerous and unpredictable are its waters and banks - but never more so than in the summer of 1862. It is Civil War, and the Chilton family finds out exactly what gumption means. In the middle of the country, on the dividing edge of Northern and Southern sentiments, lines are drawn and the world they know explodes. Peace and devastation collide.
Alexander Chilton has a Yankee sight trained on his head and hatred burns in his heart. The lone survivor of a Federal ambush, he joins Coleman's Regiment as a first lieutenant, but circumstances lead him to take the Confederate cause into his own hands. As a bushwhacker, he moves of his own accord and agenda. His once gallant reputation gains no favor when rumors of murder and thievery swirl. The war tightens. Brothers, cousins, and uncles continue to fall on their own land. Alexander stands in the torrent, torn between the blue eyes of Elizabeth Davis and the rough gray of his personal rebel revenge. Based on Memoirs of John J. Chilton and official records.
Members Reviews:
A true story that will grip your heart!
This book is exciting, interesting, and compelling from first to last for a number of reasons: first, Dan and Suzanne are great story tellers, and reading the book transports one to the reality of a world in disarray, to a time when easy, simple, country living in a community where nearly everyone was related was turned upside down by war. The narrative is easy to follow and draws the reader into the storyline so well that one can experience what it was like to live during those incredibly difficult times.
Second, it is informative. We usually think of the massive battles of the Civil War and fail to understand how much guerrilla action and revenge follow-up actually occurred. We often don't understand about those areas like Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky where there was no clear-cut north-south dichotomy, but families, counties, and sections of the state were divided. People who never owned slaves fought for the south for reasons for always clear to them.
Third, it is a powerful love story where the joyous and tragic events of one couple, Lizzie and Alexander, played out against the background of the war and the events that followed. The reader will wind up enthralled with these two lovers. They will eventually pull at the heart-strings.
Finally, it is a real story based on real events. Dan and Suzanne have done excellent research. These are not made-up characters or events, and, as we all know, truth is often more compelling and interesting than fiction. These people happen to be my family, but even if you are not related to the Chiltons, the Civil War affected the families of so many that it will be very easy for any reader to relate. And they have provided a family tree at the back to which the reader can easily refer to keep all these Chiltons straight.
You will enjoy the book! I highly recommend your obtaining a copy. -David Lawrence
A Story to Remember
Based on fact, Suzanne and Dan Chilton have brought to life the effects of a country divided and in civil war on the personal lives of a family and their neighbors in Shannon County, Missouri.
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Title: Blue & Gray Cross Current
Author: John J. Chilton, Dan Chilton, Suzanne Chilton
Narrator: Kevin Crow
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 01-28-15
Publisher: Sharing Thyme LLC
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Deep in the Ozark Mountains, Current River flows clear and cold. It meets Jacks Fork in angry crosscurrents that scour an untamed channel. Dangerous and unpredictable are its waters and banks - but never more so than in the summer of 1862. It is Civil War, and the Chilton family finds out exactly what gumption means. In the middle of the country, on the dividing edge of Northern and Southern sentiments, lines are drawn and the world they know explodes. Peace and devastation collide.
Alexander Chilton has a Yankee sight trained on his head and hatred burns in his heart. The lone survivor of a Federal ambush, he joins Coleman's Regiment as a first lieutenant, but circumstances lead him to take the Confederate cause into his own hands. As a bushwhacker, he moves of his own accord and agenda. His once gallant reputation gains no favor when rumors of murder and thievery swirl. The war tightens. Brothers, cousins, and uncles continue to fall on their own land. Alexander stands in the torrent, torn between the blue eyes of Elizabeth Davis and the rough gray of his personal rebel revenge. Based on Memoirs of John J. Chilton and official records.
Members Reviews:
A true story that will grip your heart!
This book is exciting, interesting, and compelling from first to last for a number of reasons: first, Dan and Suzanne are great story tellers, and reading the book transports one to the reality of a world in disarray, to a time when easy, simple, country living in a community where nearly everyone was related was turned upside down by war. The narrative is easy to follow and draws the reader into the storyline so well that one can experience what it was like to live during those incredibly difficult times.
Second, it is informative. We usually think of the massive battles of the Civil War and fail to understand how much guerrilla action and revenge follow-up actually occurred. We often don't understand about those areas like Missouri, Tennessee, and Kentucky where there was no clear-cut north-south dichotomy, but families, counties, and sections of the state were divided. People who never owned slaves fought for the south for reasons for always clear to them.
Third, it is a powerful love story where the joyous and tragic events of one couple, Lizzie and Alexander, played out against the background of the war and the events that followed. The reader will wind up enthralled with these two lovers. They will eventually pull at the heart-strings.
Finally, it is a real story based on real events. Dan and Suzanne have done excellent research. These are not made-up characters or events, and, as we all know, truth is often more compelling and interesting than fiction. These people happen to be my family, but even if you are not related to the Chiltons, the Civil War affected the families of so many that it will be very easy for any reader to relate. And they have provided a family tree at the back to which the reader can easily refer to keep all these Chiltons straight.
You will enjoy the book! I highly recommend your obtaining a copy. -David Lawrence
A Story to Remember
Based on fact, Suzanne and Dan Chilton have brought to life the effects of a country divided and in civil war on the personal lives of a family and their neighbors in Shannon County, Missouri.