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Deep in the Heart
by E.Randall Floyd
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Harbor House (1998-08)
ISBN: 1891799207
EAN: 9781891799204
Dewy Decimal #: 813.54
Paperback: 382 pages
SKU: B-73-0612
Condition: Like New Like New Fi
Comments: Stated First Edition. Paperback in very good condition with no markings. Illustrated cover in very good condition with minor shelf wear. Tight binding and clear crisp text. Very nice book.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
True account of seven brothers who fought for the Confederacy and the fate of their Georgia hometown during Sherman's invasion.
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Customer Reviews
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Very disappointed
Rating  (1)
Date: 2005-10-08
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I heard this author interviewed on Georgia Public Radio and was excited to hear about the book, because my great-great grandfather was in the same Company A of Georgia's 49th Regiment as was the book's main character. What a let-down. I have never been so disappointed in a book. I thought it was very poorly written. Amateurish even. I could not even finish the book, because I was so disappointed at how poorly it was done. There was no sense of setting or characterization, or feeling for the characters. They felt like cardboard cut-outs. "Cold Mountain," this ain't.
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Great Book
Rating  (5)
Date: 2001-10-27
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
This book was most interesting to me because Garrett NeSmith was my Great,Great,Grandfather. Although in the book his age is off by about 19 years I could still see all of the events in my mind as I read the book. Not knowing what any of my relatives from the pasted looked like (except for Wiley) I could picture each one of them in my mind. This book really brought to life a part of my family history.
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Absolutely terrific
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-04-18
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
I just want you to know how much I enjoyed reading Deep in the Heart. I live in the Chicago area, but was in Macon, Georgia, on business. I stopped in the Barnes & Noble to have a cup of coffee and browsed a bit. I came across Deep in the Heart and picked it up. I thought it was absolutely terrific, particularly the battle descriptions. I enjoyed the differing perspectives, as well.I am also impressed with the research that must have gone into this book. I am curious, however. As much as I have read about the Civil War, there has been little I have read in the way of atrocities committed by the invading and occupying Union troops. I am sure that it occurred, particularly as the war progressed. In Deep in the Heart, I was particularly stunned by the "trial" and hanging of the Confederate captured by the Union patrol, as well as the assault on the ambulance. Once again, thank you for a wonderful book. I was sorry to finish it.
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Should be on every Civil War reader's list
Rating (5)
Date: 2001-02-25
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
As a Civil War buff, I have read a lot of books about that tragic era over the years. Some are good, some are bad. Some merely go through the motions without much regard to either historical accuracy or the human pathos. I always try to read books that I feel approach the war from an honest, original and fresh angle, without having to sacrifice historical accuracy. And since there are so many books out there, a book has to really do something to me in a hurry to force me to stay with it for longer than an hour or so. Such was this fine book, Deep in the Heart, which I truly enjoyed reading. It tells a wonderful story about a simple farm boy from Georgia who goes off to serve with General Lee in Virginia. The battle scenes are first rate, some of the best I have ever read. The storyline, which is based on true events, is deeply touching--young soldier has to leave his family behind to go off to fight a war he understands very little about. It not only follows the odyssey of Private Wiley Nesmith and his six brothers (who have to fight their respective battles), it also follows the horrible ordeal the folks in his hometown of Irwington, Ga., have to go through when General Sherman launches his March to the Sea through the heart of Georgia. It is a splendid, well-told book with appealing and sympathetic characters, great narrative (especially the battle scenes) and leaves the reader feeling he has been touched in a very special way. I found the book a great history lesson in itself, as well as a nifty piece of literature. I highly recommend this book. Deep in the Heart should be on every Civil War reader's list--and required reading in Civil War Honors programs in every school in the country. We need more stories like this to give our youngster's the "true facts" about that awful time in our nation's history.
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Oh, my God -- Just put it down
Rating  (2)
Date: 2001-02-21
1 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Floyd had real, original Civil War letters to work from in writing this book, and it is my firm belief that the author of said letters should come back from the dead and run Floyd through with a bayonet, or at least give him lice or something. The parts of the book -- mostly battle scenes -- that appear to have been taken from original documents are fairly good, but Floyd has failed to flesh them out, so that what we end up with is a disjointed, scattered account that lacks dramatic tension. The reader gets to the end of the book and thinks "wait... did I just read something?". The plot line concerning Wiley's wife waiting at home was treacly. And, as if that wasn't enough, the book is full of small but annoying errors: a piece of jewelry inscribed *19*-something for the year; the Orange Plank Road as "a dirt path". Overall, I'd say don't bother.
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