The Fires Of Pride: A Novel Of The Civil War

by Trotter, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780786714483
• ISBN10: 0786714484
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-03-21
• Publisher: Perseus Books Group

Summary

As William R. Trotter once more takes up the stunning array of charactersUnion and Confederate, fictional and historical, combatant and civilianthat he introduced in the inaugural novel of his epic series, The Sands of Pride, it is now the closing days of July 1863. Robert E. Lee's army has been repulsed at Gettysburg, the tide of history has shifted, and the fortunes of the Rebel side have begun, inexorably, to decline. Featuring the brief but glorious career of the mighty ironclad ram, the CSS Hatteras, which emerges from the hollows and backwaters of North Carolina to challenge the might of the Union navy, The Fires of Pride is a richly textured, sweepingly dramatic epic, a towering work that combines deep scholarship with an intensely human understanding of the men and women of the period.

Table of Contents

Synopsis of The Sands of Pride	ix
Major and Supporting Characters	xi
Part One: July--December 31, 1863	1	(200)
Shadows of Gettysburg	3	(14)
So Many Ways it Could Have Gone ...	17	(18)
The Curious Discontent of Matthew Sloane	35	(14)
A Brief Kaddish and An Expeditious Funeral	49	(14)
The Children at Pine Haven	63	(14)
Battle of the Birds	77	(13)
The Tale of Bonaparte Reubens	90	(20)
Buffaloes on Campaign	110	(26)
Home is the Sailor	136	(23)
The Unpleasantness at Faison's Groves	159	(23)
The Governor of North Carolina Sends his Condolences	182	(19)
Part Two: January--December 11, 1864	201	(182)
Blow-up in Paddy's Hollow	203	(19)
Dinner Guests	222	(13)
Battle Plans	235	(11)
Thunder on the River	246	(22)
``I'm Sorry, but You're On Your Own Now!''	268	(16)
Refugees	284	(16)
No Braver Thing	300	(20)
The Short, Sad, Sortie of the CSS Raleigh	320	(10)
Utopian Notions	330	(17)
Utopia Denied	347	(19)
Wanted: One Volunteer for Hazardous Duty!	366	(17)
Part Three: December 12, 1864--January 15, 1865	383	(157)
There's a Fizzle ...	385	(18)
Christmas Eve in Hell	403	(38)
``Which Part of the Turkey Will You Have?''	441	(29)
If at First You Don't Succeed ...	470	(10)
One Hundred Thirty Shells Per Minute	480	(9)
The Last Sortie of the Confederate Navy	489	(14)
Appropriate Weapons	503	(16)
``Attack! Attack! That is All I Can Say ...''	519	(21)
Epilogue: The Kings Depart	540	(12)
Historical Postlude	552