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Robert Hicks

Biography

Robert Hicks

Robert Hicks is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels THE WIDOW OF THE SOUTH, A SEPARATE COUNTRY and THE ORPHAN MOTHER. He passed away on February 25, 2022 due to complications from bladder cancer.

Robert Hicks

Books by Robert Hicks

by Robert Hicks

Set in New Orleans in the years after the Civil War, A Separate Country is based on the incredible life of John Bell Hood, arguably one of the most controversial generals of the Confederate Army--and one of its most tragic figures. Robert E. Lee promoted him to major general after the Battle of Antietam. But the Civil War would mark him forever. At Gettysburg, he lost the use of his left arm. At the Battle of Chickamauga, his right leg was amputated. Starting fresh after the war, he married Anna Marie Hennen and fathered 11 children with her, including three sets of twins.