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    Celia Garth
    Celia Garth
    Celia Garth
    Audiobook13 hours

    Celia Garth

    Written by Gwen Bristow

    Narrated by Gabra Zackman

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A bustling port city, Charleston, South Carolina, is the crossroads of the American Revolution where supplies and weapons for the rebel army must be unloaded and smuggled north. From the window of the dressmaker's shop where she works, lovely Celia Garth, recently engaged to the heir to a magnificent plantation, watches all of this thrilling activity.

    When the unthinkable occurs and the British capture and occupy Charleston, bringing fiery retribution to the surrounding countryside, Celia sees her world destroyed. The rebel cause seems lost until the Swamp Fox, American General Francis Marion, takes the fight to the British-and one of his daring young soldiers recruits Celia to spy on the rebels' behalf.

    Out of the ashes of Charleston and the Carolina countryside will rise a new nation-and a love that will change Celia Garth forever in this historical romance hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "an exciting tale of love and war in the tradition of Gone with the Wind."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJan 18, 2018
    ISBN9781541482289
    Celia Garth
    Author

    Gwen Bristow

    Gwen Bristow (1903–1980), the author of seven bestselling historical novels that bring to life momentous events in American history, such as the siege of Charleston during the American Revolution (Celia Garth) and the great California gold rush (Calico Palace), was born in South Carolina, where the Bristow family had settled in the seventeenth century. After graduating from Judson College in Alabama and attending the Columbia School of Journalism, Bristow worked as a reporter for New Orleans’ Times-Picayune from 1925 to 1934. Through her husband, screenwriter Bruce Manning, she developed an interest in longer forms of writing—novels and screenplays. After Bristow moved to Hollywood, her literary career took off with the publication of Deep Summer, the first novel in a trilogy of Louisiana-set historical novels, which also includes The Handsome Road and This Side of Glory. Bristow continued to write about the American South and explored the settling of the American West in her bestselling novels Jubilee Trail, which was made into a film in 1954, and in her only work of nonfiction, Golden Dreams. Her novel Tomorrow Is Forever also became a film, starring Claudette Colbert, Orson Welles, and Natalie Wood, in 1946.

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    • 5/5
      Read it as a middle schooler. Love our history. Would read it again
    • 5/5
      My love for Celia Garth extends almost thirty years (!) to when I pulled it off the shelf in my middle school library; even then it was thirty years old. I loved learning about the South during the American revolution as it never seemed to be covered in history.Celia grows so immensely during this novel that it’s more than a coming of age, but we get to see her become a woman. I always liked that she didn’t have all the answers and was ok with that, and she was the first one I’d heard about living in the present from. This is definitely a nostalgia read for me as it also was the first time I saw it spelled out that there was a difference between being in love with someone and loving someone.
    • 5/5
      1779, Charleston, South Carolina. America is at war with Britain. Celia Garth is an apprentice at a dressmaker's shop. She doesn't think much about the war. She wants fun in her life and to prove herself more skilled at her needle than what people think. When the war lands right in the middle of Charleston, Celia fights to survive heartbreak and destruction.I first read this as a teenager and it is just as good as I remember it! Celia is a character I loved following. She is sassy, cheerful and fierce. When she knows what she wants, she does her best to get it. When things don't go her way, she finds a way to move on.The setting of this story is spectacular. The author did her research and it shows. The details make everything that much better.For fans of Revolutionary War romance with a smidge of adventure and intrigue, this would be a perfect choice.
    • 5/5
      I loved this book! I first read it many, many years ago and was fascinated by the story. Set during the American Revolution, Celia Garth is the story of a young girl who becomes a participant in the fight against the British. Not only was I taken by a book that had a female heroine, many of the other women in the book were strong figures who took an active part in the fight for America's future. Add in the marvelous backdrop of Charlestown at war and I couldn't put the book down. I've read it several times and it remains an all-time favorite.
    • 5/5
      I picked this up in a $1-a-bag sale at a local thrift store. I'm not sure why. Perhaps the cover caught my attention. Whatever the reason, I read the first page to see what it was about. Hours later, I realized I didn't want to put it down. Bristow deftly weaves the fictional story of Celia through the true strands of history - the Siege of Charleston, the terror of Tarleton, those who took the King's Oath and those who did not, those who received the houses of displaced patriots as rewards for service to the King - and what happened to those patriots. Bits of historical facts about culture and society gives the story a wonderful depth. And her characters - each is flesh-out, well-rounded, with flaws and depth and emotions. They feel real. They feel true. As if they might have really lived. The plot is a breathless - taking the reader through a gambit of emotion. To anyone interested in American History, the Revolutionary War or Colonial Life, I highly recommend!
    • 4/5
      This book was originally written in 1959 and was updated with a foreword by Sara Donati in 2008. It is a well written story of a young woman's journey through the American Revolution. Set in Charleston, South Carolina and various SC locations, this book documents Celia's life, tragedies, triumphs and evolution into womanhood.The author documents the fervor felt by the Rebels and the distain the Tories had for the American cause. Celia is a patriot; she will support and defend the cause for freedom any way she can. She's young but brave, and goes through many adventures to secure her future and family.I really enjoyed this book. Not only did it document the SC war time, but it documented both sides of the conflict. Both the Tories and Rebels are portrayed to give an idea of what they believed and how they conducted themselves. The plot flows quite well, and the characters are well developed.
    • 4/5
      I read this story when I was young and fell head over heels in love. I thought it was the most beautiful and exciting book ever! The book belonged to my mother, it helped fuel my love for period literature.
    • 5/5
      The best "girls" book for elementary school readers who go to "Johnny Tremain." Celia is one of my first role models in fiction.
    • 5/5
      This is the tale of Celia Garth, a 20 year old woman trying to make a living as a seamstress in Charleston, South Carolina during the Revolutionary war. The author does a great job of setting up the scenes of the town and plantations, and the history of the time. We follow Celia and her friends through the seige of Charleston by the British, living through the constant shelling and lack of food until the final surrender. At first, things seem normal after the surrender and Celia begins to build a new life, but tragedy strikes after the British go back on their promises and Celia must start life afresh. This time, while working as a seamstress she is also a bit of a "spy" for the colonials. This was a wonderful story of love and courage, with a great dose of history thrown in. I don't know enough about the period to say how accurate it is, but I thoroughly enjoyed immersing myself in another century for a day or two. This is also a good choice for a younger reader, as the "love scenes", if you can call them that, are extremely chaste. The book is out of print and readily available used, but I had no problem finding it at my local libary.