The Marsh Hen

A way of life vanishes. World War I. Liberation. A people devastated in a season of pandemic, shortages and family disorder. The three-carriage train floats over the low country salt water marshes to the barrier Tybee Island. The fort bursts at the seams with fresh, unworldly doughboys, ready to fight in the trenches of France. The draftees travel on the afurlough trainaaaThe Marsh Henaaonly to find death. David Taylor senses catastrophic epidemics. Personal issues consume his life and lead him to make unfortunate decisions, especially with Lorraine Atherton, a afasta married woman who smokes cigarettes in public and lives in an uncontrolled scandal. First Lieutenant Scott Chase finds himself in a sexual triangle he sees as acriminal.a A rich cast of characters struggle against disease, war, prejudice and longing, revealing the true nature of Savannah ready to go to waraand the enemy not always a German.

ISBN 142419668X   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9781424196685 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 571 Publisher PublishAmerica   Published in Frederick Imprint PublishAmerica   Height (mm) 229 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 152 Publication date 05 Nov 2007   Spine width (mm) 22 Pages 390   Academic level General

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