This is a novel about the notorious Confederate prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia written by MacKinlay Kantor. This book was published in 1955, the narrative is 760 pages and the book is not illustrated. It has been acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the Civil War. This Pulitzer Prize winning novel captures all the glory and shame of America's most tragic conflict in the vivid, crowded world of Andersonville, and the people who lived outside it's barricades. Based on Kantor's extensive research and nearly 25 years on the making, the author's master work tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered, and 14,000 died. It tells of the people whose lives were changed by the grim camp where the best and the worst of the Civil War came together. here is the savagery of the camp commandant, the deep compassion of a nearby planter and his gentle daughter, the merging of valor and viciousness within the stockade itself, and the day to day fight for survival among the cowards, cutthroats, innocents and idealists thrown together by the brutal struggle between the North and South. A moving portrait of the bravery of people faced with hopeless tragedy, this is the inspiring American classic of an unforgettable time in American history.

Item # AA1861