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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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Among the Sterling Youth

Among the Sterling Youth

Cook, Jonathan
Cook, Russell

Paperback

General Fiction

ISBN10: 1257008676
ISBN13: 9781257008674
Publisher: Lulu Press
Published: Dec 20 2010
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.25 Depth: 7.00
Language: English
An Indiana farm boy desires only to claim his corner of the family farm where he plans to build a cabin, marry his fiancée, and tend his own fields, but news of the war reaches Greene County in April 1861 and the governor calls for volunteers. His best friend pressures him to join, but Carey passes because he is needed on the farm. Little Sarah and her mother, friends of Carey's late mother, have fallen on hard times so his father offers shelter for them. Sarah grows fond of Carey, though she keeps this quiet. As summer ends, his best friend implores him to volunteer. Now even his fiancée pushes him to join. The only one to object is little Sarah. He is taken by patriotic fervor and joins the war. He campaigns along the Mississippi River and survives three long years. He wins furlough and returns to his beloved farm only to discover how brutal times can make a man close himself off from the things he loves. Love always finds a way, he discovers. As his reprieve ends, returning to war is especially wrenching.

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