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Book Review of Savannah: Or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln

Savannah: Or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln
Savannah: Or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln
Author: John Jakes
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Fictional account of the real campaign of General Sherman, "nemesis of the Confederacy," and the 1864 Christmas his army spent in Savannah, Georgia. His campaign is "still written about in books and studied in military colleges."
There's personal interest in Sara - the attractive, widow - and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter, Hattie.
I didn't read this book. It was one of only a few available
in the gift shop when I was in labor with our first baby.