**Part one of the #1 New York Times bestselling North and South
Trilogy--the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television
miniseries North and South--with over five million copies sold!
"An entertaining...authentic dramatization of American history."--The
New York Times
From master storyteller John Jakes comes the epic story of two
families--the Hazards and the Mains. Separated by vastly different ways
of life, joined by the unbreakable bonds of true friendship, and torn
asunder by a country on the brink of a bloody conflict that will
irrevocably change them all...