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Michael J. Deeb
is the author of seven novels which take place during the American Civil War known as The Drieborg Chronicles.
Duty and Honor is the first novel of The Drieborg Chronicles.
Duty Accomplished is the second novel.
In Honor Restored the character Michael returns to the life of a farmer.
In the fourth novel, The Lincoln Assassination Michael Drieborg works with a team of marshals.
The title 1860 America Moves Toward War explores the issues at stake in the 1860 elections.In The Way West, Michael Drieborg's youngest son runs away to join the US Cavalry in the West. Civil War Prisons follows the fate of both Union and Confederate captives and the quality of life they each endured during their confinement.
Mike Deeb, with co-writer Robert Lockwood Mills, has also penned two novels which explore the Kennedy Assassination and attempts to answer the question, "Did Oswald Really Act Alone?" Learn more at thekennedymurder.com.
Michael also blogs on the Website americacolonists.com, telling the stories of the freest people on earth.
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A Great Read! I couldn’t put this book down once I got started. The detail was great and I really like the main character, Michael. Knowing that so much research went into this book made it exciting to read! Anon
All Other Nights
by
Dana Horn
Reviewed by Dr. Michael J. Deeb
| TITLE: | All Other Nights |
| AUTHOR: | Dana Horn |
| ORDERING: | W.W. Norton Company LTD 500 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 01110 |
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.
“Jacob smiled at Harry as Harry kissed his cheeks.”
“We’re proud of you son.” he said.
That night Jacob joined the Hyams family as they celebrated Passover seder. Judah Benjamin, the Confederate government’s Secretary of State was also a guest. During the ceremony. Full of doubt an self-loathing Jacob completes his assignment. Harry Hyams dies in dramatic fashion and Jacob escapes to Union lines.
Then, despite assurances to the contrary, he is ordered to undertake another undercover assignment. This time he is to travel to New Babylon, VA. There he is to contact Philip Levy another business associate of his father’s. Mr. Levy has four daughters, one of whom, Eugenia is a Confederate spy. Jacob is assigned to marry her and then betray her to Union forces.
In the process of carrying out his mission, Jacob falls in love with Eugenia. He is full of self hate when he not only turns her in to Union authorities, but loses his unborn child as well.
Returned to his infantry unit, Jacob is seriously burned and crippled in an explosion. After a year in recovery he still suffers from his injuries. Despite his physical limitations, Jacob convinces his military superiors to send him to Richmond Va as a spy. He assures them that he can obtain an office position with Judah Benjamin, still the Confederate Secretary of State.
Horn’s story comes to a surprising and dramatic conclusion as the city of Richmond virtually explodes around Jacob. This fascinating page turner will be a welcome addition to any Civil War enthusiast’s reading list.
Reviewed by: Dr. Michael J. Deeb. Teacher of American History and author of Civil War era novels: Duty and Honor: Duty Accomplished: and Honor Restored.