Cold Mountain is an extraordinary novel about a soldier�s perilous journey back to his beloved at the end of the Civil War. At once a magnificent love story and a harrowing account of one man�s long walk home, Cold Mountain introduces a stunning new talent in American literature.

Based on local history and family stories passed down by the author�s great-great-grandfather, Cold Mountain is the tale of a wounded soldier, Inman, who walks away from the ravages of the war and back home to his prewar sweetheart, Ada. Inman�s odyssey through the devastated landscape of the soon-to-be-defeated South interweaves with Ada�s struggle to revive her father�s farm, with the help of an intrepid young drifter named Ruby. As their long-separated lives begin to converge at the close of the war, Inman and Ada confront the vastly transformed world they�ve been delivered.

Charles Frazier reveals marked insight into man�s relationship to the land and the dangers of solitude. He also shares with the great nineteenth century novelists a keen observation of a society undergoing change. Cold Mountain re-creates a world gone by that speaks eloquently to our time.