A Passion for the Past

CAN A PASSION FOR THE PAST JEOPARDIZE A WOMAN’S FUTURE? An avid Civil War re-enactor and retired librarian, Linda Roberts is delighted to learn that her own backyard in Middle Tennessee was the site of a Union encampment in 1863. Through letters and diaries, she finds herself drawn to the soldiers of Camp Goose Creek, in particular the sensitive young Sergeant John Wellman and the acerbic Assistant Surgeon James Anderson. As her research begins to take up more and more of her time, her husband fears her enthusiasm is becoming an obsession and suggests she step back from her project, to regain her sense of perspective. But when an accident in May 2015 renders Linda unconscious, that perspective changes forever. She opens her eyes to find herself in a cot. It is May 1863, and she is in the hospital tent at Camp Goose Creek. Face-to-face with the men she has come to know through her project, Linda thinks she must be dreaming, but will her dream become a nightmare from which she is unable to wake up? —- ISBN: 9798874217297