South Wind

By Don Coldsmith

Book Overview

A continuation of the saga begun in Tallgrass, South Wind completes the tale of the Stirlings, and tells of John and Nancy Willet, Northern sympathizers trying to stay alive in a land torn by bloody... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0553106414
• ISBN13: 9780553106411
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Bantam
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.3" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

South Wind?

This is another great novel by Coldsmith, but I too agree that he seems to jump from one family to another, never connecting them in any way. I kept expecting for an earlier character to pop up in a chance meeting with newer characters but that just didn't happen. He took you from the experiences of one group to another which I loved, but never picked back up on a group to let you know if they found their destinations or not. Maybe this is the start of a new "saga" series! Each novel could fill in the blanks on one of the families/groups. I purchased this book because I am an avid reader of the Spanish Bit Saga series and upon seeing the title SOUTHWIND, assumed that this would be the South Wind character that I had been waiting to reappear in the Saga series. She doesn't even make an appearence here so I am at a loss as to what happened to her in the series or why this book was titled such.Never the less, this book makes for wonderful reading. Just don't expect it to fall in line with anything Coldsmith has written yet.

Fantastic!!

I have every book I know that Mr. Coldsmith has written, I think it's hard to pick which one is the best, because everything he writes is great. This book proves he is the best author on this subject ever!! He is also the only author that I look for whenever I'm in a book store ot grocery store. Can't wait for the next one. Vicki from Ks. G

Amazing tale

In the fifteen years preceding the Civil War, Jed and Suzannah Sterling try to raise their children while running a booming transportation business. Their home located in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory, sheds blood due to the fervorabout the slavery issue from extremists on both sides of the issue. The decade prior to the Civil War and the Warthreatens their safety, leaving Jed to constantly worry about the safety of his beloved Suzannah (a former slave he bought at a New Orleans auction) and his children when raiding is a way of life. During the war, many families are butchered, while others are forced to flee Kansas due to officially sanctioned raiders from both sides of the slave issue destroying innocent lives. People like the Willets escape to Iowa just ahead of Quantrill and his men. After the war, many people from all sorts of life settle in Kansas which becomes the heartland of the nation. People like Karl Spitzberg (from Europe), Zeke Yorke (from Texas), Tom (from an eastern orphan train), and Moses Patrick ( a former South Carolina slave) all come to Kansas seeking a new life. SOUTH WIND is a well-written, very interesting book that is the sequel to the popular best seller, TALLGRASS. This book, though a bit more fragmented, is the historical fiction master's best to date because readers will feel like they are living during three of the most critical and tumultuous decades in American History. Don Coldsmith is the nineties Michener. Harriet Klausner

Coldsmith at his finest

In the fifteen years preceding the Civil War, Jed and Suzannah Sterling try to raise their children while running a booming transportation business. Their home located in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory, sheds blood due to the fervorabout the slavery issue from extremists on both sides of the issue. The decade prior to the Civil War and the Warthreatens their safety, leaving Jed to constantly worry about the safety of his beloved Suzannah (a former slave he bought at a New Orleans auction) and his children when raiding is a way of life. During the war, many families are butchered, while others are forced to flee Kansas due to officially sanctioned raiders from both sides of the slave issue destroying innocent lives. People like the Willets escape to Iowa just ahead of Quantrill and his men. After the war, many people from all sorts of life settle in Kansas which becomes the heartland of the nation. People like Karl Spitzberg (from Europe), Zeke Yorke (from Texas), Tom (from an eastern orphan train), and Moses Patrick ( a former South Carolina slave) all come to Kansas seeking a new life. SOUTH WIND is a well-written, very interesting book that is the sequel to the popular best seller, TALLGRASS. This book, though a bit more fragmented, is the historical fiction master's best to date because readers will feel like they are living during three of the most critical and tumultuous decades in American History. Don Coldsmith is the nineties Michener. Harriet Klausner