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Overview
Passed down from generation to generation, this deeply moving true story tells of two young soldiers-one white and one black-brought together during the American Civil War. Together they struggled to survive, but were ultimately "wrenched apart" at the hands of the Confederacy upon their capture. In the end, only one of them survived to tell the story.Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather.
Synopsis
Passed down from generation to generation, this deeply moving true story tells of two young soldiers-one white and one black-brought together during the American Civil War. Together they struggled to survive, but were ultimately "wrenched apart" at the hands of the Confederacy upon their capture. In the end, only one of them survived to tell the story.