03295cam a2200373 4500 939782946 TxAuBib 20230817120000.0 ||||||s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781797159492 1797159496 20993f6f-f487-441c-8575-22e37a046b4b OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9323212 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Burke, James Lee, 1936- Flags on the Bayou [Libby] : A Novel. Simon & Schuster Audio, 2023. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 244MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 244MB. Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>From American master James Lee Burke comes a novel set in Civil War-era Louisiana as the South transforms and a brilliant cast of characters—enslaved and free women, plantation gentry, and battle-weary Confederate and Union soldiers—are caught in the maelstrom.</b><br /> In the fall of 1863, the Union army is in control of the Mississippi river. Much of Louisiana, including New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is occupied. The Confederate army is in disarray, corrupt structures are falling apart, and enslaved men and women are beginning to glimpse freedom.<br /> <br /> When Hannah Laveau, a formerly enslaved woman working on the Lufkin plantation, is accused of murder, she goes on the run with Florence Milton, an abolitionist schoolteacher, dodging the local constable and the slavecatchers that prowl the bayous. Wade Lufkin, haunted by what he observed—and did—as a surgeon on the battlefield, has returned to his uncle's plantation to convalesce, where he becomes enraptured by Hannah. <i>Flags on the Bayou</i> is an engaging, action-packed narrative that includes a duel that ends in disaster, a brutal encounter with the local Union commander, repeated skirmishes with Confederate irregulars led by a diseased and probably deranged colonel, and a powerful story of love blossoming between an unlikely pair. As the story unfolds, it illuminates a past that reflects our present in sharp relief.<br /> <br /> James Lee Burke, whose "evocative prose remains a thing of reliably fierce wonder" (<i>Entertainment Weekly</i>), expertly renders the rich Louisiana landscape, from the sunsets on the Mississippi River to the dingy saloons of New Orleans to the tree-lined shores of the bayou and the cottonmouth snakes that dwell in its depths. Powerful and deeply moving, <i>Flags on the Bayou</i> is a story of tragic acts of war, class divisions upended, and love enduring through it all. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-08-17 20:00:02. Andrews, MacLeod. Crouch, Michael. Gourrier, Dana. Ireland, Marin. LaVoy, January. Porter, Ray. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=20993f6f-f487-441c-8575-22e37a046b4b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=20993f6f-f487-441c-8575-22e37a046b4b&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)