Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor

Andersonville by Mackinlay Kantor

"The greatest of our Civil War novels"--New York Times

As the United States prepares to commemorate the Civil War's 150th 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 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.

Novelist, journalist, and screenwriter MacKinlay Kantor began his career in 1928, writing pulp fiction pieces for magazines of the day. His first novel, Long Remember, published in 1934, was set during the Battle of Gettysburg and began the author's lifelong interest in the Civil War. During World War II, Kantor served as a war correspondent in Europe, chronicling such events as the American bombing campaign against Germany and the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. After the war, Kantor resumed his creative writing career. His novel Glory for Me (1945), written in blank verse, was the basis for the screenplay for the successful Hollywood film The Best Years of Our Lives, which won 7 Academy Awards. His novel Andersonville, about the notorious Confederate prison camp, won the 1956 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. By the time of his death in 1977, he had authored more than 30 books, including four works for young readers.

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ISBN 13	9780147515377
ISBN 10	0147515378
Title	Andersonville
Author	Mackinlay Kantor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2016-09-06
Number of pages	768
Prizes	Winner of Pulitzer Prize (Fiction).
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