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<p><br>As the War for Independence wore on into the 1780s, unrest ruled the Carolinas. Settlers who had cleared the land after the Cherokees withdrew were being mustered for battle as British forces pillaged their hard-won farms. Robert Morgan's stunning novel tells a story of two people caught in the chaos raging in the wilderness.<p>After sixteen-year-old Josie Summers murders her abusive stepfather, she runs away from home disguised as a boy. Lost in the woods, she accepts a young preacher's invitation to assist in his itinerant ministry. Eventually her identity is revealed and affection grows between the two. But when the preacher is kidnapped by British soldiers, Josie disguises herself once again and joins the militia in a desperate attempt to find him.<p><i>Brave Enemies</i> is a page-turning story of people brought together by chance and torn apart by war&#8212;a story of enduring love and of the struggle to build a homeland.</p><h3>The New York Times</h3><p>Robert Morgan's new novel, <i>Brave Enemies</i>, though written for adults, evokes the same chipper universe of &#8230; children's biographies. In that vein, it might have been called ''Josie Summers: Cross-Dressing Her

Author

Morgan, Robert, 1944-

Publisher

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565127128

Subjects

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.67 / 5 (344 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14