cold mountain

Book Report:
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is an epic tale of love and loss during the Civil War. The hero of the novel is Inman, a confederate soldier wounded in the battle of Petersburg. The novel opens with Inman sitting in his hospital bed looking out his window to the street below. He doesn’t stay there long however. One day he simply leaves the hospital and does not return. Immediately we are shown a very true and accurate portrayal of a civil war veteran.
Inman, like most people in the south, went off to fight the war with the intent that the fighting would be over in a matter of months. He leaves behind only his home on Cold Mountain and a girl, Ada. He probably is not sure of his feelings for Ada, but he becomes disenchanted with the war. Not being a slave owner himself, it becomes difficult for him to find reason to fight and he misses his home and longs for Ada.
Ada is the daughter of a well to do minister, who has died and money is running out. Her home ...