Guns of Bull Run
The first cannon shot of the American Civil War echoes across Charleston harbor, and young Harry Kenton stands witness to history. Sent on a secret mission from Kentucky into the volatile heart of the South, Harry must navigate a landscape teetering on the edge of explosion, through hostile territory, divided loyalties, and the mounting tensions that will finally ignite into war. When the Star of the West steams toward Fort Sumter and South Carolina's batteries roar to life, Harry is there at the precise moment the nation begins its long, bloody unraveling. Altsheler weaves a boy's-eye-view adventure through the most consequential weeks in American history, capturing both the grand sweep of coming conflict and the intimate, human weight of watching everything change. The adventure lies not in battles won or lost, but in being present at the exact instant when the first shot is fired and there's no turning back.
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Michael Packard, Woolly Bee, Bill Yallalee, Jonathan Brubaker +3 more
