Title The bride of Texas / Josef Škvorecký ; translated by Káča Poláčková Henley.

Publication Info.	New York : Knopf : 1996.
	Distributed by Random House, 1996.

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Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Description	xiv, 436 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Series	Archives of Czechs and Slovaks Abroad. ICU
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages [435]-436).
Contents	Savannah -- The writer's first intermezzo -- Columbia -- The writer's second intermezzo -- The burning forests -- The writer's third intermezzo -- Bentonville -- The writer's fourth intermezzo -- Chicago.
Summary	A group of 19th Century emigres flee the oppression of the Hapsburg Empire for America, where they become immersed in the chaos of the Civil War. Their story is told through the eyes of two protagonists, a young Czech woman who marries the son of a plantation owner and her soldier brother who falls in love with a slave. The novel is based on documented memories of Czech soldiers who fought for the Union in the 26th Wisconsin Battalion under General Sherman. By the author of The Engineer of Human Souls.
Subject	Immigrants -- Fiction.
	Czech Americans -- Fiction.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	Czech Americans. (OCoLC)fst00886333
	Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term	1861-1865
Genre/Form	Historical fiction.
	Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author	Poláčková-Henley, Káča.
Added Title	Nevěsta z Texasu. English
Other Form:	Online version: Škvorecký, Josef. Nevěsta z Texasu. English. Bride of Texas. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1996 (OCoLC)605347360
ISBN	0679444114
	9780679444114

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