Description:This novel takes place in Civil-War torn Middle Tennessee. It opens as George, an abused slave, is brought into a prisoner of war ca,p at a place called Big Bone Cave. There he meets Luke, a Union prisoner of war. Luke, a Western Pennsylvania Quaker, takes pity on George, and they quickly become friends and confidants. Together they face brutal prison guards and the grueling task of mining cave soil from which is extracted saltpeter, used in the production of gunpowder.Union blockades of gunpowder and saltpeter into the South have made it necessary for the Confederate Army to acquire its own sources of the valuable commodity from privately-owned caves, some worked by prisoners and slaves. In the process of digging soil deep within the cave, Luke and George accidentally discover a back entrance from which to escape. Unfortunately, they have no knowledge of where to go if they do escape, and no provisions to see them through a long journey to freedom. In short, escape seems futile.Escape from Bone Cave is a suspenseful story of hardship and friendship, set in a dynamic time in our nation's history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Escape From Bone Cave: A Civil War Saga. To get started finding Escape From Bone Cave: A Civil War Saga, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: This novel takes place in Civil-War torn Middle Tennessee. It opens as George, an abused slave, is brought into a prisoner of war ca,p at a place called Big Bone Cave. There he meets Luke, a Union prisoner of war. Luke, a Western Pennsylvania Quaker, takes pity on George, and they quickly become friends and confidants. Together they face brutal prison guards and the grueling task of mining cave soil from which is extracted saltpeter, used in the production of gunpowder.Union blockades of gunpowder and saltpeter into the South have made it necessary for the Confederate Army to acquire its own sources of the valuable commodity from privately-owned caves, some worked by prisoners and slaves. In the process of digging soil deep within the cave, Luke and George accidentally discover a back entrance from which to escape. Unfortunately, they have no knowledge of where to go if they do escape, and no provisions to see them through a long journey to freedom. In short, escape seems futile.Escape from Bone Cave is a suspenseful story of hardship and friendship, set in a dynamic time in our nation's history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Escape From Bone Cave: A Civil War Saga. To get started finding Escape From Bone Cave: A Civil War Saga, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.