That Bright Land
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.22 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1630269751 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-20 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Based on true events, That Bright Land is the story of a violent and fragile nation in the wake of the Civil War and a man who must exorcise his own savage demons while tracking down another.. A new Southern gothic thriller from the winner of the 2012 Willie Morris Award for Southern Fiction.In the Summer of 1866, Jacob Ballard, a former Union soldier and spy, is dispatched by the War Department in Washington City to infiltrate the isolated North Carolina mountain community where he was born and find the serial killer responsible for the deaths of Union veterans
Born and raised near Weaverville, North Carolina, Roberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina. Terry Roberts' direct ancestors have lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina since the time of the Revolutionary War. . His family farmed in the Big Pine and Anderson Cove sections of Madison County for generations and is also prominent in the Madison County town of Hot Springs,
No one who reads this novel will ever forget it."Robert Morgan, author of Gap Creek and Chasing the North Star"Out of the tangled conditions in the Southern mountains just after the Civil War, Terry Roberts has constructed a novel of considerable historic value, containing a charming love story."Elizabeth Spencer, author of The Light in the Piazza and Starting Over“Without a single doubt, Terry Roberts captured the volatile and chaotic times after the Civil War here in
Bright Land in a Dark Time Terry Roberts' intriguing tale combines the complicated history of shifting loyalties in isolated Appalachia with the challenge of healing the varied wounds of war, some gruesome while others are buried deep within the characters: a boy whose father did not return, a widow whose bed has become a . Lifting Darkness from “That Bright Land”, by Terry Roberts It took a bit of effort to engross myself into That Bright Land. I had just finished reading Amor Towles’ new, very formally written novel (review coming soon), and switching gears to this post-Civil War drama written in the voice of a Union soldier, turned government man, was stark. But on. Amazon Customer said Matches his first effort, well done. Loved this one as much as Roberts' first, "A Short Time to Be Here." Good writing, gripping story, setting is perfect. You can hear the characters talk to you and the young boy character is pitch perfect.