Type: War, Historical Fiction
Author: Charles Frazier
Publication Date: 1997
Country: United States
Pages: 356
Drawing inspiration from Homer’s Odyssey, W. P. Inman leaves the Confederate army during the American Civil War to travel back to Cold Mountain to get reunited with the love of his life, Ada Monroe. He faces hardships, hunger and threat while returning back but the thought of meeting Ada keeps him moving forward. Ada also has her own struggles when her father dies and she is left to take care of the farm and takes the help of the homeless Ruby.