"De strijd tusschen Noord en Zuid" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1887. Set during the American Civil War, it follows James Burbank, an anti-slavery northerner living in Florida, and his bitter enemy Texar, a pro-slavery southerner seeking revenge. When Texar leads a mob that destroys Burbank's plantation and kidnaps his daughter, a desperate search begins. The pursuit takes an unexpected turn when evidence suggests there may be two Texars operating simultaneously in different locations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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