Dog our travels, trials, adventures, and epiphanies donald mccaig. The new york timesbestselling author donald mccaig has established an expansive literary career, founded equally on books about working sheepdogs and the civil war novels jacobs ladder and rhett butlers people, the official sequel to gone with the wind. Research is the historical novelists map, constraint and purest energy, donald mccaig writes in the acknowledgments to jacob s ladder, a novel built on an evocative. A story of virginia during the war by donald mccaig online at alibris. Now, looking back into the history of the virginia countryside that has been his home for three decades, mccaig pens a sweeping historical saga set during the civil war. His 1998 novel, jacobs ladder, and his 2008 novel, canaan, won the michael shaara award for excellence in civil war fiction. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Bestselling author donald mccaig received international acclaim with nop s trials and nop s hope. Donald mccaig is the awardwinning author of canaan as well as jacobs ladder, designated the best civil war novel ever written by the virginia quarterly. Browse donald mccaig s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Jacobs ladder by donald mccaig book cover, description, publication history. A story of virginia during the war by donald mccaig 1999, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. Be the first to ask a question about jacob s ladder. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point.
Jacob s ladder also won the library of virginia fiction award, the john esten cooke award for southern fiction, and the w. Donald mccaig is a very good writer who lives in the mountainous region of virginia in which he placed the first part of the book. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. The official facebook page for donald mccaig and his work. Donald mccaig 19402018 is the awardwinning author of jacobs ladder, designated the best civil war novel ever written by the virginia quarterly. Winner of the michael shaara award for excellence in civil war fiction, the john eston cook award, and the boyd military. A story of virginia during the war by donald mccaig a copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Against the epic canvas of the civil war, the people, black and white, of one. Donald mccaig author biography, plus links to books by. A story of virginia during the war donald mccaig, author w. Donald mccaig was the awardwinning author of jacobs ladder, designated the best civil war novel ever written by the virginia quarterly.
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A story of virginia during the war by mccaig, donald. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title jacob s ladder. Jacob s ladder is historical fiction at its finest, and it places donald mccaig in the pantheon of the best and brightest american novelists. Mccaig spent six years developing into a sprawling, 525page novel, jacobs ladder, that traced the. One cant help but admire an author who barges into an arena already overcrowded. Nov 22, 2018 donald mccaig, who enjoyed success with historical novels, books about border collies and two authorized followups to gone with the wind, died on nov. Donald mccaig author biography, plus links to books by donald mccaig. Affective jacob s ladder reading comprehension program grades 45.
Jacobs ladder also won the library of virginia fiction award, the john esten cooke award for southern fiction, and the w. Canaan by donald mccaig meet your next favorite book. Donald mccaig author donald mccaig 19402018 was the author of many historical novels including jacob s ladder, rhett butlers people, and canaan. He is sympathetic to the plight of the slaves while portraying their masters and sellers as people capable of compassion as well as occasional cruelty. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. This novel blots out the protection of historical distance.
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This detailed literature summary also contains topics for discussion and a free quiz on jacob s ladder. A large, ambitious, carefully researched novel tracing the impact of the civil war on a virginia slaveowning family, their neighbors, and their slaveswith enough melodrama and subplots to fill several books. Nops hope by donald mccaig awardwinning author of jacob. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Rhett butlers people by donald mccaig overdrive rakuten. To ask other readers questions about jacob s ladder, please sign up. Although best known to the world at large for his acclaimed novel jacob s ladder, as well as the bestselling rhett butler s people.
In his awardwinning novel of the interlocked lives of masters and slaves, donald mccaig conjures a. He also wrote poetry and wrote under various pseudonyms. Winner of the michael shaara award for excellence in civil war fiction a civil war saga that resonates with the bitter glory and human shame of the confederacy. Mccaig is the author of five novels including canaan and jacobs ladder. It won the michael shaara award for civil war fiction and the library of virginia award for fiction.
Mccaig gives us a surprisingly vivid, honest, and complex vision of virginia, and especially richmond, during reconstruction. April 1, 1998 a large, ambitious, carefully researched novel tracing the impact of the civil war on a virginia slaveowning family, their neighbors, and their slaveswith enough melodrama and subplots to fill several books. Jacobs ladder a story of virginia during the civil war. Jacob s ladder, a 2003 autobiography by colin mackay.
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