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Teenager Xiaochun hates his step-parents, who only love his younger sister Rong. They die when he sets fire to their house, so Xiaochun disappears for twenty years. Rong, now 24 years old, knows nothing about what her brother has done, although she can never forget her parents' death. Then Xiaochun re-appears as her best friend's fiance.

Spanning the crucial months from January 1863 to March 1864, this third volume of The Library of America's highly acclaimed four volume series presents an incomparable portrait of a nation at war with itself while illuminating the military and political events that brought the Union closer to victory and slavery closer to destruction. It brings together more than 140 contemporary letters, diary entries, speeches, articles, messages, and poems by more...

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