9780871136794. New condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 368. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 368 p. A magnificent love story in the tradition of Ernest Hemingway s A Farewell to Arms . Based on true stories passed down from the author s great-great-grandfather Cold Mountain is set at the end of the Civil War and tells the tale of a wounded soldier and his perilous journey home from the front.