Coal Black Horse

A national bestseller. "A riveting tale of the American past and a brilliantly realized journey into the heart of darkness." —The Boston Globe

Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Literary Prize

When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she does the unthinkable: she sends her only child to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home.

At fourteen, wearing the coat his mother sewed to ensure his safety—blue on one side, gray...