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! "An entertaining...authentic dramatization of American history."--The New York Times 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...