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Coal Black Horse
By Robert Olmstead
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 218 pages, $23.95
A boy, clad in a reversible blue and gray coat, with his talismanic horse, is dispatched into Civil War battlefields in search of his father. This elegant book, in the tradition of “The Red Badge of Courage,” is a quick read of enduring impact.
