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Jul 21, 2023 · ISBN 9780063252684. $30. Jiles ( Simon the Fiddler) continues her exploration of the tumultuous post–Civil War years with a beautifully written novel illuminating society across a wide swath of the lower United States. John Chenneville is a Union solider from a French-speaking Missouri family. He’s been in a Virginia field hospital ...
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Sep 12, 2023 · Beth Kanell. “This epic quest with its strands of love and loss frames an American exploration of family, grief, honor, and deep humanity in an unforgettable fashion.”. The War Between the States ripped families apart and devoured their security, especially south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In Chenneville, Paulette Jiles plunges into the ...
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Book Summary. Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the World. Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle.
Sep 12, 2023 · Paulette Jiles. Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the World. Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle.
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Dec 19, 2023 · Paulette Jiles’ newest one, Chenneville: A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance (William Morrow 2023) is a fine adaptation of a classic hero’s-journey archetype. It is both an action-oriented adventure story and a splendidly well-written literary novel about a most painful period in our history. As Jiles has successfully done in prior novels, she creates a […]
Paulette Jiles’s new book Chenneville is as well-written and absorbing as her previous novels. Jiles takes the reader to post-Civil War Missouri where John Chenneville has returned to his family farm still damaged from an almost lethal head injury. He finds the farm empty of all but one old retainer who tells him his mother has gone and his ...
Sep 14, 2023 · Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John’s beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered. Their killer goes by many names.
