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The Civil War Battle Series Book 2

By: James Reasoner

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins

Publisher's summary

As the Civil War sweeps across the country, it finds the most wayfaring member of the Brannon family of Culpeper County, Virginia, working as a wharf rat at the Mississippi River port of New Madrid, Missouri. Caught up in a bar fight he tried to avoid, Cory Brannon is rescued by Captain Zeke Farrell, of the riverboat Missouri Zephyr, who offers him a job as part of his crew.

The Zephyr makes the journey from New Madrid to New Orleans in late 1861. A year later, the Zephyr reaches Cairo, Illinois, and is greeted by Union gunboats. The war is now on the water, and there is little room for river commerce.

When Cory learns that a Union force under Ulysses S. Grant is advancing toward the forts to claim the area for the North, Cory and his crewmates must choose sides and join in the fight to see which side will control the river.

Find out what happens to the Brannon family in the rest of the Civil War Battle Series.

©1999 James Reasoner (P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks

Good story!

The story was good it was a little slow at times but we’ll worth reading.

good 2nd book

good story and much improved from the first book - I look forward now to #3

All aboard for a race up the civil war mississippi

I can already predict that members of the Brannon family are going to be in the right place at the right time for us to hear first hand accounts of pivotal battles in the civil war and while this is a bit contrived it will be interesting. Still establishing characters but nevertheless you are now drawn into their world and wanting to know how they are going and that they are safe.

I'm totally hooked already and know that I have a long listen ahead of me as there are 10 books in the series. By the end of it I'm confident that I will have a sounder knowledge of life during the civil war and its distinctly possible I might develop a southern accent which will be interesting as I live in Australia! Lloyd James is doing a great job narrating it.

Entertaining

When I initially added this to my library I presumed it was a historical account, rather it is a nice story about love, brawling, war, and such. It was very captivating and well done.

Will keep your attention

Stumbled on this series by accident. Read countless books about civil war. All of them being bios or non fiction history. Started this while searching for another. Sure glad I did

Skip it

The story description didn't match.
I tried to finish but stopped as it wasn't worth my time.

The plot thickens...

Much better than Manasses. More action and adventure interwoven with historical people and details...with a heavy western feel. Definitely was written more for people of the male persuasion. Things are getting more intense and interesting. Reasoner certainly has a knack for making you feel like you are standing on the spot as events unfold. Very atmospheric.

narration is horrible

Only listened in hopes it might develop into a decent story. What a complete disappointment. Narrator struggles.
to read sentences or. doesn't understand. punctuation. . .or both. <--that's how he narrated this bòok.

Get the facts straight

From Cannon size to channel navigation and the use of incorrect naval terms.
figure it out

Forest Gump the Civil War Years

The characters become too contrived to fit the narrative. It starts to feel like Forest Gump, but without the wink and the nod.