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 25 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.
