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Also by Tom Mach:

All Parts Together, February 2006
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Sissy!, January 2004
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All Parts Together
Tom Mach

Jessica Radford trilogy
Hill Song Press
February 2006
Featuring: Jessica Radford
374 pages
ISBN: 0974515949
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The descriptions of the Civil War battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Franklin from both a Union and a Confederate perspective are only one of many delights readers will find in All Parts Together. Writers have praised both its historical accuracy as well as its emotional intensity. The title of this unusual historical novel comes from poet Walt Whitman, who wrote, "Sure as Life holds all parts together, Death holds all parts together." This is the second book of Tom Mach’s exciting trilogy on the life of a 19th-century abolitionist named Jessica Radford. In All Parts Together, Jessica, in 1863, survives the infamous Quantrill raid of Lawrence, Kansas, where almost 200 unarmed civilians were killed, and she eventually goes to Washington, D.C. A headstrong, independent young woman writer, she faces obstacles in her path as she seeks to influence Congress to enact emancipation of slaves in all the states. A Methodist minister named Matt Lightfoot, a man she has known for some time, proposes marriage to her. Will Jessica accept it? And what secret does she carry with her that she is unwilling to share with anyone?

Lincoln’s personality, as well as Booth’s tormented mind, are precisely etched in this well-researched novel. After Jessica witnesses the drama of Lincoln’s death in Ford’s Theater, her world crashes…but hope of a new beginning emerges when she opens the door to an unexpected visitor.

Maps and a list of the fictional characters in this book are included, as is a summary of the first book of Mach's trilogy: Sissy! Whether or not you enjoy Civil War novels, you will like this one because it will not only provide an accurate and gripping experience of our nation's history, but bring you into the emotional drama of conflict and compassion attempting to coexist.

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