Which nineteenth century conflict is the background to the novel 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier?
Cold Mountain (novel) Cold Mountain (novel) Cold Mountain is a 1997 historical novel by Charles Frazier which won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. It tells the story of W. P. Inman, a wounded deserter from the Confederate army near the end of the American Civil War who walks for months to return to Ada Monroe, the love of his life; the story shares several similarities with Homer's "Odyssey". The narrative alternates back and forth every chapter between the stories of Inman and Ada, a minister's daughter recently relocated from Charleston to a farm in a rural mountain community near Cold Mountain,
Charles Frazier triumph against the emerging U.S. government's plan to remove native Cherokee people to Oklahoma. Based on the success of "Cold Mountain", Frazier was offered an $8 million advance for "Thirteen Moons". Frazier's 2011 book, "Nightwoods", takes place in the 20th century, although the setting is still the Appalachian Mountains. Frazier's fourth novel, "Varina", was based on the life of Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederate States of America. It was published in 2018. Charles Frazier Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an American novelist. He won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction for "Cold Mountain". Frazier was