Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
Allan Gurganus. Ivy Books, $6.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-8041-0643-6
Ninety-five-year-old Lucy Marsden tells of her marriage at 15 to 50-year-old Civil War veteran ``Captain'' Marsden, who, permanently traumatized by events he witnessed, makes a lifetime career of reminiscing about the conflict and collecting weapons to memorialize it. PW concluded that, despite some overwritten sections, this long novel is ``an unforgettable reading experience.'' Author tour. (Oct.)
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Reviewed on: 08/01/1990
Genre: Fiction
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-394-58141-5
Hardcover - 978-0-517-06769-7
Mass Market Paperbound - 978-0-8041-9826-4
Other - 654 pages - 978-0-307-76411-9
Paperback - 736 pages - 978-0-375-72663-7