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The hornet's nest : a novel of the Revolutionary War / Jimmy Carter.

Carter, Jimmy, 1924- (Author).

Summary:

In his ambitious and deeply rewarding novel, Jimmy Carter brings to life the Revolutionary War as it was fought in the Deep South; it is a saga that will change the way we think about the conflict. He reminds us that much of the fight for independence took place in that region and that it was a struggle of both great and small battles and of terrible brutality, with neighbor turned against neighbor, the Indians' support sought by both sides, and no quarter asked or given. The Hornet's Nest follows a cast of characters and their loved ones on both sides of this violent conflict -- including some who are based on the author's ancestors.

Record details

ISBN: 0743255429
ISBN: 9780743255424
Physical Description: xii, 465 pages : map ; 25 cm
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2003]
Copyright: ©2003

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Principal Characters xiii -- Book I 1763-1773 -- Chapter 1. Philadelphia Cordwainers 3 -- Chapter 2. Sons of Liberty in Norfolk 10 -- Chapter 3. A Corrupt Royal Government 25 -- Chapter 4. Regulators 37 -- Chapter 5. Regulator Revolt 46 -- Chapter 6. Quakers Move to Georgia 58 -- Chapter 7. Battle at Alamance 67 -- Chapter 8. Trial and Execution 74 -- Chapter 9. Pratts Move to Georgia 81 -- Chapter 10. Life on the Frontier 87 -- Chapter 11. Pratts and the Morrises 96 -- Chapter 12. Neighboring Indians 111 -- Chapter 13. William Bartram Visits Georgia 130 -- Book II 1774-1777 -- Chapter 14. Stirrings of a Conflict 141 -- Chapter 15. A Special Colony 152 -- Chapter 16. Massacre of the Indians 158 -- Chapter 17. Clarke Organizes a Militia 169 -- Chapter 18. Peace in Georgia, Fighting in the North 178 -- Chapter 19. Georgia Navy Strikes 183 -- Chapter 20. Does God Approve Revolution? 187 -- Chapter 21. Thomas Brown, British Spy 191 -- Chapter 22. Tar and Feathers 209 -- Chapter 23. A Rebirth at St. Augustine 225 -- Chapter 24. Florida Rangers 236 -- Chapter 25. "Common Sense" 245 -- Chapter 26. Georgians Expel the British Governor 247 -- Chapter 27. Struggle for Indian Allegiance 255 -- Chapter 28. Florida Rangers Versus Georgia Militia 261 -- Chapter 29. Georgia Remains Independent 266 -- Chapter 30. A Deadly Duel 274 -- Book III 1778-1785 -- Chapter 31. British Southern Strategy 285 -- Chapter 32. Last Invasion of Florida 293 -- Chapter 33. Quash Dolly, Slave Woman 300 -- Chapter 34. British Take Savannah 317 -- Chapter 35. Hornet's Nest 323 -- Chapter 36. "Take No Prisoners!" 329 -- Chapter 37. Ethan Pratt Goes to War 349 -- Chapter 38. British Take Georgia 355 -- Chapter 39. Americans and d'Estaing Attack Savannah 364 -- Chapter 40. New York to Savannah 373 -- Chapter 41. Brown Returns to Augusta 378 -- Chapter 42. Fall of Charles Town 381 -- Chapter 43. Cornwallis Triumphant 386 -- Chapter 44. Georgia Militia to Carolina 392 -- Chapter 45. Attack on Augusta 403 -- Chapter 46. Four Hundred to the Watauga Valley 409 -- Chapter 47. Over Mountain Men 414 -- Chapter 48. Ethan at King's Mountain 417 -- Chapter 49. General Nathanael Greene 426 -- Chapter 50. Georgians Turn to Combat at Home 433 -- Chapter 51. A Victory at Augusta 437 -- Chapter 52. Ethan and Mavis 442 -- Chapter 53. Cornwallis Moves North 447 -- Chapter 54. Mavis Goes North 451 -- Chapter 55. Georgia Finally Secured 457 -- Chapter 56. Ethan Returns to Augusta 458.