Blue-Gray Mist and a Black Dawn is a novel about people caught in a place and a time. Like a huge omnipotent beast, the American Civil War grasped the country by its shoulders and shook it violently, then threw it beaten and bloody into the dust and rocks. In order to understand the people who rose from the cultural debris and physical carnage, then went on to continue the experiment in democracy, it is necessary to understand the time and place. The fictional characters in this book are tightly wound with real characters, the technology, and the social and political culture of 1864 American. Those readers who are familiar with this period will quickly recognize the real characters and events. They are integral and necessary parts of the story whether as participates or persons who directly influence the actions of the characters in the novel. Though there are many accounts of battles and the action of soldiers in battle, this is not a novel about battles. It is a story about time and place and the people who experienced it. It is violent; it is tender; it is everything that human beings are magnified by this period of national insanity.

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An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.

The true story told in his own words, a former agent whose career stretched from the snow capped mountains of Colorado where he trained Tibetan freedom fighters, to the killing fields of Mississippi Burning where he infiltrated the Klu Klux Klan. This is the account of a dedicated agent who witnessed and participated in some of the most momentous events of the 20th Century.