Matches in Harvard for { <http://id.lib.harvard.edu/aleph/000962742/catalog> ?p ?o. }
Showing items 1 to 27 of
27
with 100 items per page.
- catalog abstract "Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the War Between the States, this searing Pulitzer Prize-winning book 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 its barricades. Based on the author's extensive research and nearly twenty-five years in the making, MacKinlay Kantor's bestselling masterwork tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered - and 14,000 died - and 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 North and South. A moving portrait of the bravery of people faced with hopeless tragedy, this is the inspiring American classic of an unforgettable period in American history.".
- catalog contributor b1551484.
- catalog coverage "Andersonville (Ga.) History Fiction.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction.".
- catalog created "[1955]".
- catalog date "1955".
- catalog date "[1955]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1955]".
- catalog description "Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the War Between the States, this searing Pulitzer Prize-winning book 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 its barricades. Based on the author's extensive research and nearly twenty-five years in the making, MacKinlay Kantor's bestselling masterwork tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered - and 14,000 died - and 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 North and South. A moving portrait of the bravery of people faced with hopeless tragedy, this is the inspiring American classic of an unforgettable period in American history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog extent "767 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Andersonville.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Andersonville.".
- catalog issued "1955".
- catalog issued "[1955]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cleveland : World Pub. Co.".
- catalog relation "Andersonville.".
- catalog spatial "Andersonville (Ga.) History Fiction.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction.".
- catalog subject "PZ3.K142 An".
- catalog title "Andersonville.".
- catalog type "Fiction. fast".
- catalog type "Historical fiction. gsafd".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "War stories. gsafd".
- catalog type "text".