YANKEE IN ATLANTA takes place during the American Civil
War... 1864 to be exact.
Soldier Caitlin McKae, yes, Caitlin, a very young
women is wounded in battle serving in the Union Army. In
every way possible she convinced the Union Army that she
was a young man. She now finds herself in Georgia wounded
by the Confederates army, with a a doctor who has not only
found out she's a women, but that she was in the Union
Army, but keeps his silence.
Caitlin starts making a new
secret life for herself in Atlanta and lucky for her,
being
an immigrant, she has an accent which helps to cover her
loyalty to the Union. She was trained to be a teacher, so
she accepts a postion as governess with Noah Becker. Noah
is a German Immigrant and an attorney in Atlanta, but when
his new homeland is in danger from the Union Army, he
enlists with the Rebel Army, but that leaves Caitlin and
Noah's daughter behind after all three of them have become
so very close.
As the Union Army comes closer to Atlanta, Caitlin finds
many ways for her and Noah's daughter to survive and she
even considers going up North to her family, but the
travel during war time would be dangerous. Noah has
given strict instructions to Caitlin to let anyone into
their home who are homeless or need comfort, but survival
becomes even harder as more people come to stay at Noah's
home. Some of the newcomers are helpful to Caitlin, but
there is one who can be a great danger to not only Caitlin
and Noah, but more so to Noah's daughter.
While Noah battles against the Union soldiers, Caitlin
battles to keep everyone safe in Noah's home, mainly his
daughter who she has so much love for now. Caitlin chances
an escape with Noah's daughter, but is stopped in her
tracks. She is arrested for being a spy for the Union, but
will that keep Caitlin locked up behind bars for long?
Will
Noah's daughter not survive without her? Will Noah make it
out of this horrible war alive?
I give thumbs up for
Jocelyn Green, who wrote YANKEE IN ATLANTA. I admire and
respect an author such as Jocelyn Green, for even though
the read is fiction, she has worked very hard on writing
as
much truth about characters, the war itself, and those who
loved and lost so very much finally resulting in the birth
of a unified
nation, The United States of America. I could not put
YANKEE IN ATLANTA down. I loved it!
When soldier Caitlin McKae woke up in Atlanta after being
wounded in battle, the Georgian doctor who treated her
believed Caitlin's only secret was that she had been
fighting for the Confederacy disguised as a man. In order
to
avoid arrest or worse, Caitlin hides her true identity
and
makes a new life for herself in Atlanta.
Trained as a teacher, she accepts a job as a governess to
the daughter of Noah Becker, a German immigrant lawyer,
who
enlists with the Rebel army. Then in the spring of 1864,
Sherman's troops edge closer to Atlanta. Though
starvation
rules, and Sherman rages, she will not run again. In a
land
shattered by strife and suffering, a Union veteran and a
Rebel soldier test the limits of loyalty and discover the
courage to survive. Will honor dictate that Caitlin and
Noah
follow the rules, or love demand that they break them?
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