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"A solid historical from Edgar-winner Heffernan."
--Publishers Weekly
“Mystery fans will zip through this, fans of historical fiction will enjoy the fin de guerre mood.”
--Library Journal
“Heffernan swings his vivid tale back and forth between past and present, war and peace—a neat tour de force he pulls off with admirable assurance.”
--Kirkus Reviews
"Moving back and forth in time, the well-paced narrative involves the reader with powerfully vivid descriptions of horrendous battles like the Wilderness and Gettysburg, of terrible raids on civilians, and of great physical and mental anguish suffered by the soldiers. Heffernan skillfully presents a realistic and evocative tale of war and its lingering effects."
--Historical Novels Review
“Heffernan, three times nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and an Edgar Award winner, knows his history and his mysteries . . . This is really a story of war and redemption and what happens to idealistic kids who have to turn into killers.”
--Globe & Mail (Canada)
"Sliding back and forth in time—before, during, and after the Civil War—William Heffernan creates a powerful, intriguing, and complex novel about the intricacies of friendship and the devastating effects of war."
--Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Death Artist
"When Johnny Came Marching Home evokes a young soldier's reluctant relationship to violence and brutality with a chilling realism that brings the reader face-to-face with the moral complexities of even the most noble of wars. Following in the literary tradition of Ernest Hemingway, James Jones, and Larry Heinemann, William Heffernan is able to somehow find grace and beauty amidst the horror of battle."
--Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier’s Daughter Never Cries
"When Johnny Came Marching Home is a carefully constructed and evocative Civil War–era tale that will hold you from first to last page. The author has a rare gift for transporting the reader in time and place. Put this one at the top of your list. No one does this kind of novel better than Heffernan."
--John Lutz, author of Serial
When Johnny Came Marching Home is a mystery, a love story, and William Heffernan's best book to date. The novel tells the story of three boys who grow up in rural Vermont in a seemingly indestructible friendship, then see their lives ruined as they go off to fight in America's "great and noble war."
Trapped in a what appears to be an endless bloodbath—vividly presented with Heffernan's meticulous historical research—the boys gradually begin to change until their close-knit childhood ties are little more than a fractured memory. By war's end, one boy is dead, one returns a physically crippled and emotionally compromised man, and the third comes home as an unfeeling psychopath.
The novel turns on the subsequent murder of the psychopath, and the offer of redemption for the wounded young man who must investigate the crime. When Johnny Came Marching Home is a story about war and how it affects the lives of all who become a part of it, both directly and peripherally. Although set during the Civil War, this book casts shadows of what we endure today and the horrors to which young soldiers are subjected.
William Heffernan, a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, is the author of eighteen novels, including such bestsellers as The Corsincan, The Dinosaur Club (a New York Times bestseller), The Dead Detective, and Tarnished Blue (winner of an Edgar Award). Heffernan lives outside of St. Petersburg, Florida.
- Sales Rank: #884170 in eBooks
- Published on: 2012-10-02
- Released on: 2012-10-02
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
""Heffernan swings his vivid tale back and forth between past and present, war and peace - a neat tour de force he pulls off with admirable assurance."" - Kirkus Reviews
""Sliding back and forth in time - before, during, and after the Civil War - William Heffernan creates a powerful, intriguing, and complex novel about the intricacies of friendship and the devastating effects of war."" - Jonathan Santlofer, author of The Death Artist
""When Johnny Came Marching Home evokes a young soldier's reluctant relationship to violence and brutality with a chilling realism that brings the reader face-to-face with the moral complexities of even the most noble of wars. Following in the literary tradition of Ernest Hemingway, James Jones, and Larry Heinemann, William Heffernan is able to somehow find grace and beauty amidst the horror of battle."" - Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
""A carefully constructed and evocative Civil War-era tale that will hold you from first to last page. The author has a rare gift for transporting the reader in time and place. Put this one at the top of your list. No one does this kind of novel better than Heffernan."" - John Lutz, author of Serial
""Heffernan writes in a way that challenges the mind and the soul."" - Michael Koryta, author of The Silent Hour
""Heffernan is a master of scene, setting, characterizations, plot, and dialogue."" - Nelson DeMille
""William Heffernan is one of the rare mystery writers who cares about soul."" - Martin Cruz Smith
About the Author
William Heffernan, a three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee, is the author of eighteen novels, including such best sellers as The Corsican, The Dinosaur Club (a New York Times bestseller), The Dead Detective, and Tarnished Blue (winner of an Edgar Award). Heffernan lives outside of St. Petersburg, Florida.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.
A look back in time...Remarkable Story Telling
By storyteller
This is a remarkable story that will capture your attention and keep it through to the end. Four kids grow up during the Civil War era--1855--1865. The girl, Rachel, grows into a beautiful young woman with eyes only for Jubal who comes home from the war maimed. Abel, Rachel's brother, never comes home, and Johnny, son of the town's preacher, comes home as a psychopath. The author skillfully unfolds a story beginning in a rural Vermont town and takes the boys through many Civil War battles, Manassas, Antietam, and Gettysburg. The battles are realistic and historically correct, but it is the characters' views that bring out the story of living and dying. And in the background is a love story, freeing of slaves, political unrest, and the brutal affects of raping the land and the people...not only during the war, but in the aftermath. Heffernan's writing ability to slide back and forth in time is remarkable...you are never lost. I am looking forward to reading Heffernan's other works.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Solid read with a fascinating setting
By Carrie Kilgore
A fascinating peek into the life of a civil war soldier (although admittedly some will find it disturbing), both during the fighting and in trying to adjust back to civilian life--as the central character tries to solve the murder of a man who was once his boyhood friend. The book is obviously well-researched (with an author's note concerning bending of a few historical facts). Engaging reading. The dialect is perhaps a bit overdone--while the flavor is nice, it shouldn't be enough to trip or even slow the reader. Some will not be entirely pleased with the resolution, but it is realistic. The characters are complex, which is to say they act like real people, with conflicting emotions and loyalties. We see a group of boys enter the bloody conflict that changes them all, changes which pursue them as they try to put the war behind them. A good read.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Strong Historical Murder Mystery
By A. Ross
I had never heard of the author, but as a sucker for Civil War-set mysteries (like the Abel Jones series, or Sweetsmoke, to name the first that pop into my head), I picked this up. Cutting back and forth between three time periods, it tells the story of four Vermont playmates as they grow up to become teenagers in the years leading up to the Civil War, their time as Union soldiers, and immediately after. This kind of time-shifting can be cumbersome or confusing in the wrong hands, but Heffernan weaves back and forth with a minimum of fuss and no loss of narrative pace.
The hero is Jubal, who enlists in the Union Army with his friends, and returns home minus an arm. His father is the town constable and takes him on as his assistant while he tries to come to terms with his injury and the loss of his closest friend, Abel. Jubal is also in love with Abel's little sister, but his guilt at Abel's death and his own injury are holding him back from pursuing her. Meanwhile, their somewhat cruel friend Johnny went off to war and returned to the town as a monster. When he is murdered soon after his return, Jubal tries to untangle which of the many people who disliked Johnny might have done it.
The book does an excellent job at portraying an idyllic small-town childhood, the horrors of war, and the effect the war had on everyone. Scenes are vivid and fully realized, and the murder mystery is well conceived and developed. The battle scenes at places like Antietam and Gettysburg have an immediacy and realism to them, as does the depiction of Union Army life. There are a few minor missteps here and there, for example an unnecessary teary cameo by Lincoln, and the love story that gets a little too schmaltzy, but on the whole, it's a strong historical murder mystery..
After finishing the book, I poked around and learned that Heffernan won three Pulitzers for investigative journalism, wrote a series of police procedurals including an Edgar-winner, and has had books on the NYT bestseller list, so it's no wonder that one feels like they're in the hands of a pro while reading this book. I'd definitely like to see another Jubal book.
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