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Tom & Huck (Volume 1) - The Civil War Years - cover

Tom & Huck (Volume 1) - The Civil War Years

Frank Fernandes

Publisher: RWG Publishing

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The idyllic boyhood shared by Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is just a memory now. Time has passed and now, as adults, they are thrust into the worst sectional violence America has ever witnessed, a precursor of the Civil War, between abolitionist, activists, and pro-slavery proponents. A new time of mistrust, murder, and mayhem is the new norm. In this atmosphere of division and chaos, one bad decision changes their lives forever. They must depend on each other now more than any other time in their lives because everything they know and love has been swept away. As Confederate soldiers in this most trying time, loyalty to each other is all they have.
 
Available since: 07/27/2022.

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