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High Hearts

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title High Hearts
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rita Mae Brown
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:448
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 108
Category/GenreRomance
ISBN/Barcode 9780553278880
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Imprint Bantam USA
Publication Date 1 April 1987
Publication Country United States

Description

From the celebrated author of RubyfruitJungle and Bingo comes a stirring novel of the Civil War, a tale of true love and mistaken identity. Brimming with colorful characters and vivid settings, High Hearts is Rita Mae Brown at her most ambitious and entertaining. April 12, 1861. Bright, gutsy and young, Geneva Chatfield marries Nash Hart in Albemarle County, Virginia, thesame day Fort Sumter's guns fire the start of the Civil War. Five days later she loses him as Nash joins the Confederate Army. Geneva, who is known as the best rider since Light Horse Harry Lee, cuts her hair, dons a uniform, enlists as "Jimmy Chatfield," then rides off to be with her beloved Nash. But sensitive Nash recoils in horror from the violence of war, while Geneva is invigorated by the chase and the fight. Can she be all the man her husband isn't? She'll sure as hell try.But there is a complication, and his name is Major "Mars" Vickers. This macho major, to his own shock and amazement, finds himself inexplicably attracted to the young soldier named "Jimmy."And this is only the beginning of a novel that moves with sureness and grace from the ferocity of battle to the struggle on the homefront, and brings passion and sly humor to a story of dawning love. High Hearts is a penetrating, delightful and sweeping tale that gives fresh life to a fascinating time.

Author Biography

Rita Mae Brownis the bestselling author of the Sneaky Pie Brown series; the Sister Jane series;A Nose for JusticeandMurder Unleashed; Rubyfruit Jungle; In Her Day;andSix of One,as well as several other novels. An Emmy-nominated screenwriter and a poet, Brown lives in Afton, Virginia.

Reviews

"Excitingly painted...The story rides breathlessly in Geneva's saddle."--The New York Times Book Review