Author: Peter H. WoodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780674053205
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The picture in the attic -- Behind enemy lines -- The woman in the sunlight.
Near Andersonville
Author: Peter H. WoodPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780674053205
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
The picture in the attic -- Behind enemy lines -- The woman in the sunlight.
History 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.
The Sentinels of Andersonville
Author: Tracy GrootPublisher: Tyndale House Publishers
ISBN: 1414359489
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
Three young Confederates and an entire town come face-to-face with Andersonville Prison's atrocities and learn the cost of compassion, when withheld and when given.
Andersonville
Author: William MarvelPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807821527
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In this carefully researched and compelling revisionist account, William Marvel provides a comprehensive history of Andersonville Prison and conditions within it.
The Tragedy of Andersonville
Author: Norton Parker ChipmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Prisoners of war
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Escape from Andersonville
Author: Gene HackmanPublisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312363734
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man’s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men. July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it’s too late. Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war’s final year.
The True Story of Andersonville Prison
Author: James Madison PagePublisher:
ISBN:
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.
Angel of Andersonville, Prince of Tahiti
Author: Debby Burnett SafranskiPublisher: Debby Safranski
ISBN: 0974976717
Category : Diplomats
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
It's difficult to read the life story of Dorence Atwater and not believe it's a work of fiction. His normal 1800s life became a nightmare that turned into a fairy tale. From his lifelong friendship with Miss Clara Barton to marrying a Tahitian princess, it was a life that comes along once every 500 years-maybe. From growing up in Terryville CT, surviving the terrible Civil War Prison at Andersonville, living through the Great San Fransisco earthquake to, in the end, being given a royal Tahitian funeral, he truly lived a life surrounded by Angels.
Andersonville Diary, Escape, and List of the Dead
Author: John L. RansomPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Andersonville Prison
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Dancing Along the Deadline
Author: Ezra Hoyt RipplePublisher: Presidio Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Explores a selection of the issues surrounding foreign aid as conditions change for both donor and recipient countries. Among them are aid conditionality, local institutional reform, independent development funds, and the relative effectiveness of non-government organizations. The 11 studies were presented at a conference in Berlin in September 1993. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $22.50. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR