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Hicks, Robert, 1951-

The widow of the south [sound recording] / Robert Hicks. - Abridged. - New York : Time Warner AudioBooks, p2005. - 5 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Compact disc. "Featuring a conversation with the author"--Container. Bonus material on CD 5 includes: photos and artwork from the archives of the historic Carnton Plantation, narrator profiles, and an author's note.

Read by Becky Ann Baker, Tom Wopat, David Chandler and Jonathan Davis.

The saga of Carrie McGavock, a lonely Confederate wife who finds purpose transforming her Tennessee plantation into a hospital and cemetery during the Civil War.


Disc 5 Mac and PC compatible.

ISBN: 1594831092 : $29.98

Standard No.: 9781594831096

Publisher. No.: 2-62109 Time Warner AudioBooks

Subjects--Personal Names:
McGavock, Caroline E. Winder, 1829-1905 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864--Fiction.
Plantation owners' spouses--Fiction.
Plantation life--Fiction.
Cemeteries--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tennessee--History--Casualties--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Tennessee--History--Hospitals--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.
Williamson County (Tenn.)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographical fiction.
War stories.
Audiobooks.