Dara Horn has written a novel set in the Civil War. We are given a view of the Jewish community of that time through well developed characters who are pulled and pushed by the conflict.
We meet Jacob Rappaport, our protagonist, at his father's New York city dinner table. Jacob has just reluctantly agreed to his father's demand that he marry the addled daughter of a rival businessman in order to cement a business deal. Jacob escapes by joining the Union army.
Jacob's superiors pull him out of the ranks and send him on an undercover assignment to New Orleans. Posing as a Confederate soldier, he is to find his way to the home of his uncle, Harry Hyams. It appears that there was sufficient evidence to prove that Mr. Hyams was planning an attempt on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Jacob's is welcomed there by his aunt and uncle.
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