· Overview. As the United States prepares to commemorate the Civil War’s th anniversary, Plume reissues the Pulitzer Prize–winning novel widely regarded as the most powerful ever written about our nation’s bloodiest conflict. MacKinlay Kantor’s Andersonville tells the story of the notorious Confederate Prisoner of War camp, where fifty thousand Union soldiers were held Brand: Penguin Publishing Group. It took a close-up view of Buchenwald when it was opened to war correspondents to bring home the horrors he had read about in Andersonville; MacKinlay Kantor knew he must put into book form the research he'd been doing for 25 years. For Andersonville was a project pre-dating his Long Remember the now-classic novel of Gettysburg. · Andersonville was the subject of a novel published sixty years ago that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. MacKinlay Kantor’s Andersonville () was the fruit of years of research and a longstanding interest Kantor had in the prison. It wasn’t his first Civil War bltadwin.ruted Reading Time: 7 mins.
MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, - Octo), born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and bltadwin.ru wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in for his novel, bltadwin.ru also wrote the novel Gettysburg, set during the Civil War. Andersonville is a novel by MacKinlay Kantor concerning the Confederate prisoner of war camp, Andersonville prison, during the American Civil War (). The novel was originally published in , and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction the following year. MacKinlay Kantor's Andersonville tells the story of the notorious Confederate Prisoner of War camp, where fifty thousand Union soldiers were held captive--and fourteen thousand died--under inhumane conditions. This new edition will be widely read and talked about by Civil War buffs and readers of gripping historical fiction.
It took a close-up view of Buchenwald when it was opened to war correspondents to bring home the horrors he had read about in Andersonville; MacKinlay Kantor knew he must put into book form the research he'd been doing for 25 years. For Andersonville was a project pre-dating his Long Remember the now-classic novel of Gettysburg. Written in a detailed, restrained style, Kantor offers glimpses into the minds of those who operate the prison and those that must live under its yoke. Within the camp, men resort to thievery, bribery, and murder in order to survive the starvation diet, violence, and disease they face. Andersonville was the subject of a novel published sixty years ago that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. MacKinlay Kantor’s Andersonville () was the fruit of years of research and a longstanding interest Kantor had in the prison. It wasn’t his first Civil War novel.
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