The Chess Garden, Or, The Twilight Letters of Gustav Uyterhoeven
- ISBN-10
- 1573225630
- ISBN-13
- 9781573225632
- Category
- Dayton (Ohio)
- Pages
- 484
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Author
- Brooks Hansen
Description
In the 19th Century, a doctor from Dayton, Ohio, volunteers his services for the Boer War in South Africa. From there he sends his family letters on an imaginary world populated by chess pieces and describes his adventures among them.
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