Graphite and Blood
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It's 1863 - the Civil War: Ivy Bradley is a nineteen-year-old volunteer nurse for the Union Army who happens to also be an artist, who's not so good with words. Her skill in both treatment and with a pencil has drawn her closer to the 54th Massachusetts Regiment Infantry, and mysteriously, and romantically, to Colonel Robert Gould Shaw.
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- not entirely historically accurate - follows Glory (1989) and the characters as portrayed in the film. Cover is drawn by me! -
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