I received this review on my novel, "The Boys of Chattanooga." I wanted to post it because I'm proud of it and let anyone who happens to read it know about my novel.

Lorrie Farrelly
March 13, 2015 at 5:10pm
I just finished Clyde Hedges' historical novel THE BOYS OF CHATTANOOGA, and it's a real nail-biter and heart-tugger. Here's my review: "5 Stars: Gripping, suspenseful, poignant, riveting! March 13, 2015 Gripping, suspenseful, full of riveting emotion and peril, THE BOYS OF CHATTANOOGA is historical fiction at its very best. You don't have to be a history buff to enjoy this book. Once I started reading, I became so engrossed that I didn't want to put the book down. The characters – some real people, such as President Lincoln and his son Robert, Secretary of War Stanton, and Generals Grant, Sherman, and Thomas, as well as others who are composites, such as soldiers Clarence, Billy, and Matt, and sweet Emma and her war-divided family – leap off the page and immediately become people the reader cares about. Even though we all know the Union won the American Civil War, never does that outcome seem so perilous and uncertain as it does in the story of the siege of Chattanooga, TN, and the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Author Clyde Hedges brilliantly lets the reader experience this nail-biting, do-or-die conflict in a gripping "You Are There" style, but he also takes the time to involve us in the sometimes poignant and touching, often stressful and difficult personal lives of the characters. In a multiple-point-of-view narrative, Hedges pulls us in to each character's life and lets us experience the immediacy of his or her courage, fear, anxiety, restlessness, determination, and love. No one who reads this book will ever think of those historical figures as cardboard, "textbook" people again. Another strength of Hedges' seemingly effortless story-telling is how skillfully he creates living, breathing people from what could be a confusing roster of generals, junior officers, and soldiers. Thanks to his wonderful characterizations, I never had the slightest trouble knowing who was whom or what was what. He also keeps every part of a complicated battle strategy clear and easy to follow. The rhythms of the story's narratives follow the action of the events, so that time seems to stretch out or fly by for the reader as it does for the characters. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It's absolutely riveting!" http://www.amazon.com/Boys-Chattanoog...

It's a little humbling to read something that nice about your work. I hope you like it as well. As far as current reading goes, I received the rest of my latest order from Amazon, including a biography of Admiral Nimitz. In case you didn't know, Admiral Nimitz was in command of the largest naval force, and most powerful, The United States Pacific fleet during WWII. But, I had already started on "The Pacific Crucible," the story of the first year of the war in the Pacific by Ian W. Toll. It is fascinating, well written, full of great and interesting detail, and a must read for naval historians of WWII. Read it if you enjoy military history. You won't be disappointed.