Word: liveoak
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...leaves for the Civil War. Says Lydia,: "I think des- tiny is just another word for life. ..." The author has handled the personages of 1855-60 with a casual ease that his own creations lack. In addition to Messrs. Vanderbilt and Walker, it is Journalist Horace Greeley, Shipowner "Liveoak George" Law, and Abraham Lincoln who pop up at old moments to make the book plunging, rawboned historical fiction...