Author: John L. RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead
Author: John L. RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civil war
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
John Ransom's Andersonville Diary
Author: John L. RansomPublisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780425141465
Category : Andersonville (Ga.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Ransom was a 20-year-old Union soldier when he became a prisoner of war in 1863. In his unforgettable diary, Ransom reveals the true story of his day-to-day struggle in the worst of Confederate prison camps--where hundreds of prisoners died daily. Ransom's story of survival is, according to Publishers Weekly, a great adventure . . . observant, eloquent, and moving.
John Ransom's Andersonville Diary
Author: John L. RansomPublisher: Berkley
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
John Ransom was a twenty-year-old Union soldier when he wascaptured in 1863 and became a prisoner of war. Held in the infamousAndersonville prison until he was near death, Ransom never gave up his loveof life. He hated the conditions of his captivity, but not his captors--men likehimself who were caught in the whirlwind of forces beyond their control.With a rate honesty simplicity, and insight, Ransom unfolds a tale of struggleand survival in the worst of the confederate prison camps. His diary,enhanced by his own drawings, is a testament to the indomitable humanspirit and provides a unique viewpoint of the most wrenching of America'swars.
John Ransom's Diary
Author: John L. RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
John Ransom's Civil War Diary
Author: John L. RansomPublisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486809048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
John L. Ransom joined the Union Army in 1862, serving as brigade quartermaster of the Ninth Michigan Volunteer Cavalry. A year later, the 20-year-old soldier was captured in Tennessee and interned at the notorious Georgia prison camp, Andersonville. Ransom's harrowing firsthand account of Civil War prison life constitutes a valuable historical record — a true story not only of cruelty, death, and deprivations but also of acts of courage and kindness that ensured the young soldier's survival and preserved his faith in humanity.
ANDERSONVILLE
Author: MACKINLEY KANTORHistory of Andersonville Prison
Author: Ovid L. FutchPublisher: University Press of Florida
ISBN: 0813059402
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
In February 1864, five hundred Union prisoners of war arrived at the Confederate stockade at Anderson Station, Georgia. Andersonville, as it was later known, would become legendary for its brutality and mistreatment, with the highest mortality rate--over 30 percent--of any Civil War prison. Fourteen months later, 32,000 men were imprisoned there. Most of the prisoners suffered greatly because of poor organization, meager supplies, the Federal government’s refusal to exchange prisoners, and the cruelty of men supporting a government engaged in a losing battle for survival. Who was responsible for allowing so much squalor, mismanagement, and waste at Andersonville? Looking for an answer, Ovid Futch cuts through charges and countercharges that have made the camp a subject of bitter controversy. He examines diaries and firsthand accounts of prisoners, guards, and officers, and both Confederate and Federal government records (including the transcript of the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the alleged "fiend of Andersonville"). First published in 1968, this groundbreaking volume has never gone out of print.
Land!
Author: John Crowe RansomPublisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN: 0268101965
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
From a National Book Award winner, “an indictment of a system that values accumulation, shareholder profit . . . over . . . self-sufficiency, and solidarity.” (Robert Neuwirth, author of Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of the Informal Economy) John Crowe Ransom's Land! is a previously unpublished work that unites the accomplished literary scholar’s poetic sensibilities with an examination of economics at the height of the Great Depression. Politically charged with Ransom's aesthetic beliefs about literature and his agrarian interpretation of economics, Land! was long thought to have been burned by its author after he failed to find a publisher. Thankfully, the manuscript was discovered, and we are now able to read this unique and interesting contribution to the Southern Agrarian revival. After the publication of the Agrarian movement manifesto I’ll Take My Stand in 1930, Ransom, a contributor, became convinced that the book had not adequately proposed an economic alternative to Northern industrialism, which had fairly obliterated the Southern way of life. Land! was Ransom's attempt to fill this gap. In it he presents the weaknesses inherent in capitalism and proposes instead that agrarianism, which could flourish alongside capitalism, would relieve the problems of unemployment. America, Ransom claims, is unique in offering this opportunity because, unlike in European countries, land is plentiful. “Ransom joins Lauck in championing the values fostered by rural and small-town America. Is this just wishful thinking? Perhaps, and yet don’t we sometimes need to step back before we can leap forward?” —The Washington Post “Ransom’s affection for traditional rural culture provides an enjoyable warm streak in the book.” —Choice “Mr. Ransom’s highly original argument unfolds in beautifully written prose. . . . engaging and thought-provoking.” —George Core, retired editor of The Sewanee Review
The True Story of Andersonville Prison
Author: James Madison PagePublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Looks at Andersonville Prison's commandant during the U.S. Civil War, Confederate Major Henry Wirz, who was arrested and later found guilty on war crimes charges for allowing inhumane conditions and treatment of prisoners of war at the prison.
John Ransom's diary
Author: Philip John Greer RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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