A Separate Country
Robert Hicks
- Set
- in
- New
- Orleans
- in
- the
- years
- after
- the
- Civil
- War,
- A
- Separate
- Country
- is
- based
- on
- the
- incredible
- life
- of
- John
- Bell
- Hood,
- arguably
- one
- of
- the
- most
- controversial
- generals
- of
- the
- Confederate
- Army--and
- one
- of
- its
- most
- tragic
- figures.
- Robert
- E.
- Lee
- promoted
- him
- to
- major
- general
- after
- the
- Battle
- of
- Antietam.
- But
- the
- Civil
- War
- would
- mark
- him
- forever.At
- Gettysburg,
- he
- lost
- the
- use
- of
- his
- left
- arm.
- At
- the
- Battle
- of
- Chickamauga,
- his
- right
- leg
- was
- amputated.
- Starting
- fresh
- after
- the
- war,
- he
- married
- Anna
- Marie
- Hennen
- and
- fathered
- 11
- children
- with
- her,
- including
- three
- sets
- of
- twins.
- But
- fate
- had
- other
- plans.
- Crippled
- by
- his
- war
- wounds
- and
- defeat,
- ravaged
- by
- financial
- misfortune,
- Hood
- had
- one
- last
- foe
- to
- battle:
- Yellow
- Fever.
- A
- Separate
- Country
- is
- the
- heartrending
- story
- of
- a
- decent
- and
- good
- man
- who
- struggled
- with
- his
- inability
- to
- admit
- his
- failures-and
- the
- story
- of
- those
- who
- taught
- him
- to
- love,
- and
- to
- be
- loved,
- and
- transformed him.
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