{"product_id":"when-johnny-came-marching-home-a-novel","title":"When Johnny Came Marching Home A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Heffernan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e When Johnny Came Marching Home A Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 319\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A solid historical from Edgar-winning Heffernan.\" --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen 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.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrapped in 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617751271\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e Height: 8.1 Inches, Length: 6.1 Inches, Weight: 1.05 Pounds, Width: 1.2 Inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e en\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Heffernan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53801828155699,"sku":"9781617751271","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0949\/3636\/7411\/files\/27274943482763.jpg?v=1785981887","url":"https:\/\/bookabaloo.com\/products\/when-johnny-came-marching-home-a-novel","provider":"Bookabaloo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}