Presents the story about a man's passion for a woman, and how loss, longing and love can shape a man's destiny over the many moons of a life.

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A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman begins the journey home to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As he attempts to make his way across the mountains, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive.

First novel presents an Odyssean journey, combining a powerful love story with all the human tragedy and waste of war. Inman, a wounded soldier, turns his back on the carnage of the Civil War to begin the long, perilous walk home to Colud Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began.

A soldier wounded in the Civil War, Inman begins the treacherous journey home to Cold Mountain, and to Ada, the woman he loved before the war began. As he attempts to make his way across the mountains, Ada struggles to make a living from the land her once-wealthy father left when he died. Neither knows if the other is still alive.

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Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Inman leaves the horrors of the American Civil War and begins a long, dangerous journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. Along the way, he witnesses great poverty, cruelty, and violence. Will he ever see Ada again? And if he does, will she recognize the man he has become?

The epic journey of one man's life, by one of America's most outstanding writers, author of the phenomenally successful COLD MOUNTAIN.

Inman, a wounded soldier, walks away from the front during the Civil War to return to his prewar sweetheart, Ada, who desperately works to revive a struggling farm.