My Top Ten Books #1

My Top Ten Books is a series of short book reviews. My next post will be my honorable mentions.

The #1 book on my list was written by Nancy Gentry, Tod Comes Home.

First a little background on the story. The Carter family was living peacefully in their home in Franklin, Tennessee, (now known as The Carter House) when the Battle of Franklin started to come together literally right at their front door.

Skipping through part of the book- Tod Carter finds out that his regiment is marching towards Franklin! So naturally he asks if he could leave the regiment to go home for a little while to see his family. He is told that he could leave whenever he wanted. He was going home! He also agreed to bring along James Cooper, another Franklin native. So they left the camp and started on their way to Franklin. James led Tod to his cousin's house and Tod was glad of it. It reminded him of his own home and it gave his horse a needed rest. After an hour or so Tod and James went on their way. After dark they make their way to the Neely's home and ended up finding out that the Yankees got past his men on the pike. Neely said that they weren't safe there but they could stay as long as they needed. But Tod decides that it is just not possible to go home, especially with Yankees right on his front lawn. He told James that they needed to go back to the army but James said he was going all the way to his home. They shook hands and James left.

Tod moved on as well, just in the opposite direction. He came close to the pike and heard soldiers walking. But who? It would be logical for the Tennessee boys to be on the road but they hadn't stopped the Yankees back down the road. So it could be either army. Tod puts a blanket over him to cover his uniform and walks closer to the troops.

Which side are these mystery troops on? And will Tod eventually see his family? All these questions will be answered if you read the book.

This, along with the last book on my list, is my absolute favorite book of all time. I've owned it for around three years I think and have read it at least three times. I'll probably be reading it after writing this review. Even though I know the ending of the book it will most likely never be boring to me. And it's a true story! That is probably part of the reason I like it soooo much! Make sure to read the epilogues at the end. And maybe you should take a trip down to Franklin, Tennessee to see the Carter house and other cool buildings that were there during the Civil War. I've been there and can tell you, it will not disappoint.

So if this book sounds interesting to you here is a link to buy it, https://www.amazon.com/Tod-Comes-Home-Nancy-Gentry/dp/0986024473/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1472487008&sr=1-1&keywords=tod+comes+home