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Coal Black Horse [electronic resource] / Robert Olmstead.

Olmstead, Robert (author.).

Summary:

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home. At 14, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety-blue on one side, gray on the other- Robey thinks he's off on a great adventure. But not far from home, his horse falters and he realizes the enormity of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life: with boldness, bravery and self-possession. Coal Black Horse joins the pantheon of great war novels-All Quiet on the Western Front, The Red Badge of Courage, The Naked and the Dead.

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  • ISBN: 9781565126343
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: [s.l.] : Algonquin Books, 2008.

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Original document: Book.
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