Part one of the #1 New York Times bestselling North and South Trilogy-the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television miniseries North and South-with over five million copies sold!

From master storyteller John Jakes comes the epic story of two families-the Hazards and the Mains. Separated by vastly different ways of life, joined by the unbreakable bonds of true friendship, and torn asunder by a country on the brink of a bloody conflict that will irrevocably change them all…