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Can I read Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War on EtoBox?
Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War by Donald Mccaig is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War about?
<p>Winner of the Michael Shaara Award for Excellence in Civil War Fiction<br> <br> A civil war saga that resonates with the bitter glory and human shame of the Confederacy.</p> <p>Jacob’s Ladder is a Civil War epic, a love story that pits the indomitable longing of the human heart against circumstances of racism, slavery, and war. Duncan Gatewood, seventeen and heir to the Gatewood plantation, falls in love with Maggie, a mulatto slave, who conceives a son, Jacob. Maggie and Jacob are sold south
Who reads Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Donald Mccaig
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company;Penguin Books
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393337105
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Literary
- Rating
- 3.78 / 5 (286 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War (2009)
- Jacob's ladder : a story of Virginia during the war (1998)
- سلم يعقوب: قصة فرجينيا خلال الحرب الأهلية [Arabic] (1998)
- Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War (1998)
- Jacob's Ladder: A Story of Virginia During the Civil War (2015)