Play for A Kingdom: A NovelIn this “brilliantly imagined and neatly plotted” Civil War novel (Boston Globe), two battle-scarred companies-one Union, one Confederate-embark on a series of baseball games amid the carnage at Spotsylvania. “Wonderfully conceived and eloquently executed” (Caleb Carr). Maps. |
Contents
THE SECOND MATCH | |
THE THIRD MATCH | |
GAME POSTPONED | |
TRAVEL DATE | |
THE FOURTH MATCH | |
THE LAST MEETING | |
EPILOGUE | |
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Spine | |
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