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    I Have Seen Him in the Watchfires

    By Cathy Gohlke

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    The bonds linking family and the lines separating enemies have become very blurry for 17-year-old Robert. With his father away fighting for the Union, Robert must decide to act alone in order to help his ailing mother, extricate his injured Confederate Uncle, and bring relief to his cousin, Emily. When he unwittingly gets entangled in a Confederate escape plot, Robert must forge his anger and shame into a new determination to save his family. And, perhaps, he must also realize that the saving might not be entirely up to him. Honor and duty to God and country aren’t as clear-cut as he hoped them to be.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMoody Publishers
    Release dateSep 1, 2008
    ISBN9781575674032
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    Cathy Gohlke

    Cathy Gohlke is a Christy, Carol, and INSPY award-winning author who writes novels steeped with inspirational lessons from history. Her stories reveal how people break the chains that bind them and triumph over adversity through faith. When not traveling to historic sites for research, she and her husband, Dan, divide their time between northern Virginia and the Jersey Shore, enjoying time with their grown children and grandchildren. For more information, visit CathyGohlke.com.

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      I was pleasantly surprised to find this excellent sequel to Gohlke's William Henry is Fine Name. This civil war tale of a young man torn between a father who lives in the north and a mother who lives in the south can't help but tug at your hearstrings. Robert is determined to enlist in the Union army as soon as he is of age--even if he has to fight agains his relatives. But an urgent letter from a cousin from down south changes his plans and he finds himself heading toward a Union prison to check on a relative who is imprisoned there. What follows is an adventure that teaches Robert a lot about life and love and following God's mysterious will. The scenes and characters of this book are still quite vivid in my mind. I heartily recommend it to anyone with an interest in history or who enjoys well told adventure stories that illustrate important matter of faith.