Sleigh Ride With The Single Dad

"I've experienced all the different roles you have to play when there's nobody else around: a parent, a dad, a father, a stand-in mom, a confidant, always a butler or maid, a teacher and, most crucially, a friend."

Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the Civil War starts. Women and Blacks have few rights. Jack Bull's dad is killed by Union soldiers, so the young men join the Bushwhackers, irregulars loyal to the South.