Swords and Plowshares

Swords And Plowshares Isan Epic Tale Of One Familys Struggles In The Cauldron That Shaped Modern America:The Civil War. More Than Merely A Warnovel Though Swords And Plowshares Traces Three Generations Of Thebarger Family In An Historically Accurate Narrativethat Extends From Tennessee To MissouriAnd From The 1820'S Into The Twentieth Century.. The Book Focuses On The Lives Oftwo Remarkable Men Allen Barger And His Son James. It Is A Story Of Their Triumph Over Therigors And Hardships Of Frontier Life During The 19Th Century Oftheir Love And Sorrow Their Struggles And Battles Their Successes Andfailures And Of The Abiding Religious Conviction That Gave Them The Strengthto Endure. From A Genealogicalprospective The Book Is A Living Family History--Historical And Genealogicalresearch Have Been Combined To Bring To Life Generations Of An Americanfamily. From An Historical PerspectiveThe Novel Provides A Grippingly Realistic Portrayal Of Life In Mid-Nineteenthcentury America And Of The Hardworking God-Fearing People Who Built Thisnation And Held It Together When It Was Torn Asunder. Allen Barger And James Barger Typifycountless Nameless Legions Of The Common Folk That Made Americawhat It Is Today And The Retelling Of Their Story Honors Every Familydescended From The Stalwart Stock Of The American Frontier.