{"id":7664,"date":"2021-02-07T11:17:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=7664"},"modified":"2021-05-30T08:09:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T14:09:38","slug":"the-light-from-darkness-by-john-w-bebout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=7664","title":{"rendered":"The Light from Darkness by John W. Bebout"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7665\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?attachment_id=7665\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-light-from-the-darkness-1.jpg?fit=317%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"317,475\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"the-light-from-the-darkness-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-light-from-the-darkness-1.jpg?fit=317%2C475&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-light-from-the-darkness-1.jpg?resize=200%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7665\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Compelling and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rich in evocative detail and human insight, Bebout\u2019s historical tale set in the last months of the American Civil War tells the story of a young man as he makes his way home to the lovely terrains of Shenandoah Valley and to his beloved. It is 1864. The Civil War has almost run its course. Seventeen-year-old Teddy Miller is in Great Tortugas, the desolate island off the Florida Keys, to look for his estranged father in a Yankee prison. But the tragic news of his father\u2019s death forces Teddy to find his way back home. Teddy begins his horrendous journey, unaware of a cruel twist of fate awaiting him there. Bebout adeptly describes the rough and varied terrain of Teddy\u2019s journey that takes him over land and sea and the various intriguing characters, including courageous heroes and malevolent villains he meets, all the while struggling with his inner demons. Teddy\u2019s growing sense of his own identity, the people around him, and his relentless guilt over his hand in his family\u2019s tragic fate is portrayed with great understanding and perception. Bebout competently evokes the Civil War era as he delves into the delinquencies of the Confederate Army, the difficult lives of escaped Black slaves, and the devastating ways the war\u2019s tragedy affects masses. Teddy and Eugenie\u2019s sublime love story is poignant, and the meticulously researched details, including people\u2019s way of living, sea voyages, and the period\u2019s Virginia laws are infused skilfully into the narrative. Lovers of historical fiction are in for a treat. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: This title is free on Kindle Unlimited.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Light from Darkness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By John W. Bebout<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Light-Darkness-Story-Redemption-Miller-ebook\/dp\/B08SHTPCSP\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Buy now<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pub date January 8, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISBN 9798591046156<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price $11.99 (USD) Paperback, $4.93 Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compelling and transporting, a stirring story of hardship and love\u2026 Rich in evocative detail and human insight, Bebout\u2019s historical tale set in the last months of the American Civil War tells the story of a young man as he makes his way home to the lovely terrains of Shenandoah Valley and to his beloved. It is 1864. The Civil War has almost run its course. Seventeen-year-old Teddy Miller is in Great Tortugas, the desolate island [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":7665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[38100332,24777292,7223,726,103272229,7215,3328,178,1584897,92732,8053601,1136176,62857929,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-7664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-amreading","tag-amwriting","tag-author","tag-authors","tag-authors-reviews","tag-book-review","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-historical-drama","tag-historical-fiction","tag-indie-author","tag-indie-books","tag-indiebooks","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-1ZC","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/the-light-from-the-darkness-1.jpg?fit=317%2C475&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7664"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9521,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7664\/revisions\/9521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}