Miracle at Manassas Author:F. Martin Harmon Named after Civil War icon Stonewall Jackson, Thomas Jackson Campbell is finally settling into a contented lifestyle in the Northern Virginia suburbs after the loss three years earlier of his wife and retirement from a long-time position with the National Parks Service. Although his relationship with his only child, a son, is somewhat stra... more »ined, he has a special rapport with his eighteen year old grandson and settles into what he foresees as the quiet and routine last years of his life. Then one morning that routine is interrupted with news of a battle brewing between a land developer and local preservationists over property adjacent to the Manassas Battlefield. His former employer draws Thomas, long known for his Civil War Knowledge, into the fray. At the same time, very strange events begin to take place. Is he losing his mind to senility? Or is someone or something trying to reach out to him from beyond this world? F. Martin Harmon combines historical facts, current events, and a magical imagination of what might have been to create a riveting story about undying love and unfulfilled destiny in Miracle at Manassas.« less