4788. Tap Roots. by James Street (read 2 Jan 2011) This is the second book of a pentology on the Dabney family. This volume opens with the death of Sam Dabney and relates the effort of his supposed son, Hoab Dabney, to resist secession. There is a tangled love affair involving two of Hoab's daughters and Clay , who becomes an officer in the Confederate Army and eventually leads a force against Hoab's forces after marrying Hoab's daughter. The book is a bit slow-moving but is not bad reading though one is bothered by the irrational actions of some of the characters. I would not mind reading the next volume in the series, entitled By Valor and Arms, since at the close of this volume the Civil War is not yet over. ( )