Griffith and the Elephant: 1864: On the Edge of the West

By B.E. Evans

In 1864, the story moves from the battlefield to what the next century would call the home front. For Griffith Williams, the transition is incomplete. As a civilian observer aboard a river ironclad, he is wounded again. Clarissa Childress, reunited with him since the previous summer, arrives at his bedside. As their love deepens, Clarissa shares the darkest fears imprinted in her mind by the slave culture she has fled. A new friendship with a Federal veteran helps Griffith come to terms with his war experiences. In letters from home, Catrin shares her new life in nursing, and the price she must pay to live it. Uncle Gareth finds, through religion, a path away from his Crimean war memories. In the fall, Griffith finds himself at center stage for the first time in the brutal street life of Chicago, while Clarissa faces an unexpected weakness.

With the war winding down, the two must face the prospect of separation again, as Griffith's job will soon take him West with the Transcontinental Railroad.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0BSJ6FV6R
• ISBN13: 9798373559539
• Release Date: January 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"