02165cam a2200541 i 4500 425651506 TxAuBib 20200520120000.0 060103s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780739458433 0739458434 TxAuBib rda Hicks, Robert, 1951- The widow of the south [HC] / Robert Hicks. Doubleday large print home library ed. New York : Warner Books, 2005. 750 pages (large print) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier This debut novel is based on the true story of Carrie McGavock. During the Civil War's Battle of Franklin, a five-hour bloodbath with 9,200 casualties, McGavock's home was turned into a field hospital where four generals died. For 40 years she tended the private cemetery on her property where more than 1,000 were laid to rest. 20200520. McGavock, Caroline E. Winder, 1829-1905 Fiction. McGavock, Caroline E. Winder, 1829-1905. American Civil War (1861-1865.) Franklin, Battle of (Tennessee : 1864.) 1861-1865. Franklin, Battle of, Franklin, Tenn., 1864 Fiction. Plantation owners' spouses Fiction. Plantation life Fiction. Cemeteries Fiction. Large print books. Cemeteries. Plantation life. Plantation owners' spouses. War stories. Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Casualties Fiction. Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Hospitals Fiction. Tennessee History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction. Williamson County (Tenn.) Fiction. Tennessee. Tennessee Franklin. Tennessee Williamson County. Large type books. Biographical fiction. Fiction. History.