内容简介:
Nine-year-old Artemus Deacon had to grow up quickly. Life was hard in rural Tennessee in 1852 as he endured his motheras rapid death from cancer and his revered fatheras decline into self-pity. The only positive thing in his life was his younger brother Josephus, whom he felt responsible for and took care of like a parent. During the Civil War, Josephus, affectionately known as Joz, kept a secret. One that was reserved from everyone, even his older brother whom he was as close to as a brother could be. Only due to lifeas ultimate loss could a hint of this secret emerge and inevitably take the better part of a lifetime to reveal itself completely. The Cannons at Goldsboro Bridge spans 65 years into the early part of the 20th century, deeply connecting the reader to its charactersa personalities and experiences. Feel what it was like to be back in an amazing part of Americaas history.