Li'l Bud

ISBN: 059566430X

Author: Reynolds, William

Condition: New

Product Description Ruth Danson, a feisty seventeen-year-old Pennsylvania farm-girl abandons her family in the spring of 1863 to be with the man she loves, nineteen-year-old William Jay Lytell, a private with John Mosbys 43rd Battalion of Virginia Cavalrythe famed Mosbys Rangers. Through the lush panoramic beauty of Virginias Shenandoah Valley and across the vast expanse of war-ravaged Virginia, Lil Bud thunders across the pages in a maelstrom of cannon smoke and musket fire. Robert E. Lee and U.S. Grant; Phil Sheridan and George Custer; A.P. Hill and Winfield Scott Hancock are seen through the eyes of Lil Bud and Jay as they fight and love through the killing years of the Civil War. It is the heartbreaking story of sister against brother as Ruth rides against her brother David of the 116th Pennsylvania Infantry. In raids and skirmishes Lil Bud encounters hometown friends in the Ringgold and 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry blurring the lines between North and South. Amidst the flames and anguished cries as the Shenandoah Valley burns from Union torches, Lil Bud, with a pair of Colt .44s and her faithful chestnut filly, Princess, will let nothing stand in the way of love in the arms of William Jay.Li'l Bud is an easy and interesting read. Those readers who like fiction should be satisfied with Reynolds' new novel. Blake A. Magner, The Civil War News, April 2005 About the Author William Reynolds is a member of the New York Civil War Roundtable; Friends of the National Parks at Gettysburg; John Singleton Mosby Museum Foundation; and the Washington County (PA) Historical Society. William resides in New York where he continues to add to his collection of over 1,000 Civil War books.