{"product_id":"2940013269941","title":"THE GUNS OF BULL RUN","description":"CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    I.  NEWS FROM CHARLESTON\u003cbr\u003e   II.  A COURIER TO THE SOUTH\u003cbr\u003e  III.  THE HEART OF REBELLION\u003cbr\u003e   IV.  THE FIRST CAPITAL\u003cbr\u003e    V.  THE NEW PRESIDENT\u003cbr\u003e   VI.  SUMTER\u003cbr\u003e  VII.  THE HOMECOMING\u003cbr\u003e VIII.  THE FIGHT FOR A STATE\u003cbr\u003e   IX.  THE RIVER JOURNEY\u003cbr\u003e    X.  OVER THE MOUNTAINS\u003cbr\u003e   XI.  IN VIRGINIA\u003cbr\u003e  XII.  THE FIGHT FOR THE FORT\u003cbr\u003e XIII.  THE SEEKER FOR HELP\u003cbr\u003e  XIV.  IN WASHINGTON\u003cbr\u003e   XV.  BATTLE'S EVE\u003cbr\u003e  XVI.  BULL RUN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE GUNS OF BULL RUN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNEWS FROM CHARLESTON\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt would soon be Christmas and Harry Kenton, at his desk in the\u003cbr\u003ePendleton Academy, saw the snow falling heavily outside.  The school\u003cbr\u003estood on the skirt of the town, and the forest came down to the edge of\u003cbr\u003ethe playing field.  The great trees, oak and ash and elm, were clothed\u003cbr\u003ein white, and they stood out a vast and glittering tracery against the\u003cbr\u003esomber sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe desk was of the old kind, intended for two, and Harry's comrade in\u003cbr\u003eit was his cousin, Dick Mason, of his own years and size.  They would\u003cbr\u003egraduate in June, and both were large and powerful for their age.\u003cbr\u003eThere was a strong family resemblance and yet a difference.  Harry's\u003cbr\u003eface was the more sensitive and at times the blood leaped like\u003cbr\u003equicksilver in his veins.  Dick's features indicated a quieter and more\u003cbr\u003estubborn temper.  They were equal favorites with teachers and pupils.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDick's eyes followed Harry's, and he, too, looked at the falling snow\u003cbr\u003eand the white forest.  Both were thinking of Christmas and the holiday\u003cbr\u003eseason so near at hand.  It was a rich section of Kentucky, and they\u003cbr\u003ewere the sons of prosperous parents.  The snow was fitting at such a\u003cbr\u003etime, and many joyous hours would be passed before they returned to\u003cbr\u003eschool.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe clouds darkened and the snow fell faster.  A wind rose and drove it\u003cbr\u003eagainst the panes.  The boys heard the blast roaring outside and the\u003cbr\u003ecomfort of the warm room was heightened by the contrast.  Harry's eyes\u003cbr\u003eturned reluctantly back to his Tacitus and the customs and manners of\u003cbr\u003ethe ancient Germans.  The curriculum of the Pendleton Academy was simple,\u003cbr\u003elike most others at that time.  After the primary grades it consisted\u003cbr\u003echiefly of the classics and mathematics.  Harry led in the classics and\u003cbr\u003eDick in the mathematics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob Turner, the free colored man, who was janitor of the academy,\u003cbr\u003ebrought in the morning mail, a dozen letters and three or four\u003cbr\u003enewspapers, gave it to Dr. Russell and withdrew on silent feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Doctor was principal of Pendleton Academy, and he always presided\u003cbr\u003eover the room in which sat the larger boys, nearly fifty in number.\u003cbr\u003eHis desk and chair were on a low dais and he sat facing the pupils.\u003cbr\u003eHe was a large man, with a ruddy face, and thick hair as white as the\u003cbr\u003esnow that was falling outside.  He had been a teacher fifty years,\u003cbr\u003eand three generations in Pendleton owed to him most of the learning that\u003cbr\u003eis obtained from books.  He opened his letters one by one, and read\u003cbr\u003ethem slowly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry moved far away into the German forest with old Tacitus.  He was\u003cbr\u003eproud of his Latin and he did not mean to lose his place as first in the\u003cbr\u003eclass.  The other boys also were absorbed in their books.  It was seldom\u003cbr\u003ethat all were studious at the same time, but this was one of the rare\u003cbr\u003emoments.  There was no shuffling of feet, and fifty heads were bent over\u003cbr\u003etheir desks.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177459499248,"sku":"2940013269941","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013269941_p0.jpg?v=1763590325","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013269941","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}