The Trumpets of Jericho:: A Romantic Novel About Bands and Musicians in the American Civil WarIn the midst of the American Civil War, Rita Goldstein, a beautiful, young cornetist, is abandoned in Cairo, Illinois by her faithless fianc Butch Lassiter, but she is a fierce and determined young woman who is not easily rejected and not easily discouraged. She sets out at once to bring him back and follows The Army of the Cumberland across Tennessee to find him. She is pursued by her heart-broken father, Ira, who wants to bring her home again. On their separate journeys, Ira and Rita are caught up in the hatred and destructiveness of two huge armies, one from the North and one from the South. However, both Ira and Rita find consolation in the power of music. |
Contents
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Section 2 | 21 |
Section 3 | 41 |
Section 4 | 53 |
Section 5 | 55 |
Section 6 | 63 |
Section 7 | 77 |
Section 8 | 91 |
Section 16 | 179 |
Section 17 | 185 |
Section 18 | 195 |
Section 19 | 215 |
Section 20 | 229 |
Section 21 | 241 |
Section 22 | 253 |
Section 23 | 261 |
Section 9 | 97 |
Section 10 | 111 |
Section 11 | 115 |
Section 12 | 127 |
Section 13 | 141 |
Section 14 | 155 |
Section 15 | 169 |
Section 24 | 285 |
Section 25 | 289 |
Section 26 | 295 |
Section 27 | 313 |
Section 28 | 317 |
Section 29 | 319 |
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Page 1 - Sigh, no more, ladies, sigh no more, Men were deceivers ever ; One foot in sea, and one on shore ; To one thing constant never : Then sigh not so, But let them go, And be you blithe and bonny ; Converting all your sounds of woe Into Hey nonny, nonny.
Page vii - And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams...