Published in August 2009 by Scribner/Simon & Schuster, The Confederate General Rides North is a story about eleven-year-old Katherine (Kat) McConnell, a precocious Civil War buff. Growing up in Georgia in the 1960's, Kat is so fascinated by stories of the war's generals that she often imagines herself one of them, leading troops to battle. Kat seizes upon an impromptu road trip north with her mother as an opportunity for real adventure. She cleverly charts a course to battlefields and historic sites, following the path of her heroes. Unexpected revelations test her faith in her mother and her understanding of the war. When their journey comes to an abrupt halt in Gettysburg and Kat faces the threat of real tragedy, she must make an irrevocable choice about where their ultimate destination -- and her loyalty -- lies.

Dr. Carol Senf, Georgia Tech School of Literature, Communication, and Culture faculty member, praises Gable's novel:

"Move over Huck Finn. Stand back, Ishmael. Here comes Kat McConnell, heroine of The Confederate General Rides North. Part quest, part bildungsroman, part mother-daughter saga, and part story of America's coming of age during the turbulent Vietnam War years, Amanda Gable's Confederate General does for teenage girls what Mark Twain, Herman Melville, and William Faulkner had done for teenage boys and feminizes the Great American Novel."

Dr. Gable, a former Georgia Tech instructor and administrator, has published short stories in The North American Review, The Crescent Review, Kalliope, and elsewhere, and has been awarded several residency fellowships. A native of Marietta, she lives in Decatur, Georgia.

Please join Dr. Gable at the Georgia Tech Library for a reading, Q & A, and book signing.