Widow of the South

Literature & Fiction

ROBERT HICKS

Genre Fiction

BANTAM PRESS

The Widow Of The South

In MASCULINE JOURNEY, Robert Hicks explores the biblical roots of masculinity. Drawing from the six Hebrew terms for manhood, Dr. Hicks portrays masculinity as a distinclty powerful asset, one that was designed to help men thrive at every stage of life.

The Masculine Journey: Understanding the Six Stages of Manhood

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

Navpress Publishing Group

The Masculine Journey Study Guide clearly outlines the six stages of masculinity--drawn from the six Hebrew terms for manhood--and reveals the vast resources God has invested in men. Companion to Hicks' book The Masculine Journey.

The Masculine Journey: Understanding the Six Stages of Manhood : A Promise Keepers Study Guide

Dietrich Gruen

Reference

Navpress Pub Group

Salvation (Understanding Bible Truth)

RICHARD, BEWES

Here's Life Publishers,Inc.

The Christian (Understanding Bible Truth)

Book by Robert Hicks, Richard Bewes

Man (Understanding Bible Truth)

In an Author's Note at the end of his book The Widow of the South, Robert Hicks tells us that "when Oscar Wilde made his infamous tour of America in 1882, he told his hosts that his itinerary should include a visit to 'sunny Tennessee to meet the Widow McGavock, the high priestess of the temple of dead boys.'"Carrie McGavock, The Widow of the South, did indeed take it upon herself to grieve the loss of so many young men in the battle of Franklin, Tennessee, which took place on November 30, 1864.Nine thousand men lost their lives that day.She and her husband John eventually re-buried on their own land 1,481 Confederate soldiers killed at Franklin, when the family that owned the land on which the original shallow graves had been dug decided to plow it under and put it into cultivation.Before the battle begins, Carrie's house is commandeered for a field hospital and all normal life is suspended.Carrie is anything but normal, however.She has buried three children, has two living children she pays little attention to, has turned the running of the house over to her slave, Mariah, and spends her time dressed in black walking around in the dark or lying down lamenting her loss.She is a morbid figure from the outset but becomes less so as the novel progresses.The death going on all around her shakes her out of her torpor, but death is definitely her comfort zone.One of the soldiers who is treated at the house is Zachariah Cashwell, who loses his leg when Carrie sends him to surgery rather than watch him die.They are inextricably bound in some kind of a spiritual dance from then on.Their reasons for being drawn to each other are inexplicable, apparently, because they remain unexplained, and when Cashwell tells Carrie he loves her, she beats him nearly to death because she loves him too.At least, that is the reason Hicks gives.He violates that first caveat given to all writers: "show us, don't tell us."There is doubtless something deeply flawed in Carrie and screamingly symbolic about her behavior; it is surely elusive.Too bad, because Carrie was a real person whom Hicks lauds for her compassion and ability to grieve without end.Then, he throws in this gratuitous "love story" and confuses the issue.Carrie's relationship with her husband and children remains unexamined. Hicks is better at describing death and "the stink of war" than he is at life.If you read War and Peace and loved all the war parts and were bored senseless by the peace parts, this is your cup of tea. --Valerie Ryan

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