The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 766 pages and is available in paperback format. The 1955 pulitzer prizewinning story of the andersonville fortress and its use as a concentration camplike prison by the south during the civil war. When i was finished, i felt like i had my life back. Mackinlay kantor books list of books by author mackinlay. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor overdrive rakuten overdrive. Having visited the andersonville prisoner of war camp in south georgia years ago, i already knoew a little about the horrors the union soldiers suffered there. Andersonville author kantor, mackinlay formatbinding hardcover book condition used very good edition limitedsignedfirst edition binding hardcover publisher world publishing company place of publication cleveland, ohio date published 1955 keywords limited, signed, fiction, first edition bookseller catalogs. Free download or read online the gulag archipelago, 19181956. Mackinlay kantor mackinlay kantor biography poem hunter. Mackinlay kantor knew he must put into book form the research hed been doing for 25 years. Grover gardner is one of a handful of readers who could make the phone directory sound interesting, but when he reads this novel about the infamous confederate prison camp, the result is a performance that is hard to turn off despite the books length. First edition points to identify andersonville by mackinlay.
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Mackinlay kantor s andersonville, an epic novel about the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp in georgia, won the pulitzer prize in 1956. The residents had no shelter, except for makeshift tents for andereonville who had the resources. A man who had no eyes by mackinlay kantor 1 a beggar was coming down the avenue just as mr. Grab this headline animator below is a list of frequently banned books. Project muse andersonville and the literature of violence.
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Essays and criticism on mackinlay kantor critical essays. Kantor, mackinlay 1904 kantor, an american author, is best known for his historical novels, especially andersonville, for which he. An experiment in literary investigation, books iii pdf epub book. If the south had won the civil war isbn 9780312869496 pdf. Mackinlay kantors andersonville tells the story of the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp, where fifty thousand union soldiers were held captiveand fourteen thousand diedunder inhumane conditions. Kantor had studied the civil war and andersonville for 25 years prior to. Join audible and get andersonville free from the audible online audio book store. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the american civil war, and was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel andersonville kantor was born in webster city, iowa, in 1904. Download book andersonville by mackinlay kantor kickass. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor, 1955, won pulitzer prize in 1956 andersonville is a book i remember my father, herbert isakson, reading in the 1950s, soon after it was published. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor that night they were marched into the andersonville stockade. Mackinlay kantors andersonville tells the story of the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp, where fifty thousand union soldiers were held captive and. Download andersonville by mackinlay kantor hardback 1955 and read andersonville by mackinlay kantor hardback 1955 online books in format pdf. Benjamin mckinlay kantor, was an american journalist, novelist and screenwriter.
If andersonville wasnt a horrorshow, a blight during an unholy time, i dont know what was. He was a writer and actor, known for the best years of our lives 1946, gun crazy 1950 and happy land 1943. In 2015, mackinlay kantor s pulitzer prizewinning civil war novel andersonville was reprinted for the first time in 15 years. He also wrote the novel gettysburg, set during the civil war. It took a closeup view of buchenwald when it was opened to war correspondents to bring home the horrors he had read about in andersonville. Mackinlay kantor february 4, 1904 october 11, 1977, born benjamin mckinlay kantor, was an american journalist, novelist and screenwriter. Includes pictures to help collectors identify the original book. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor read by grover gardner. I bought andersonville back when i was researching civil war atrocities for a book, and holy cow. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Specific points of issue for the first edition of pulitzer prize winner andersonville by mackinlay kantor. Unfollow andersonville by mackinlay kantor to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Ugh, this book was painful to get through, and i only persevered because i was reading it for a book club.
Andersonville is a historical novel of the confederate prisoner of war. If you want to download andersonville novel in pdf format you can visit. Kantor s andersonville is a fictionalized account of life in the confederate states of america prison camp in georgia for union soldiers captured during the civil war. Mackinlay kantor won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1955 for his novel andersonville, an epic account of the notorious prison camp in southwest georgia which operated from february 1864 till the end of the civil war. The reissue has a new cover but no introduction to acquaint new readers with a book that several prominent judges in the 1950s called our greatest. Mar 26, 2020 mackinlay kantor, american author and newspaperman whose more than 30 novels and numerous popular short stories include the highly acclaimed andersonville 1955. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor, 1955, world pub.
Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the war between the states, this searing pulitzer prizewinning book captures all the glory and shame of americas most tragic conflict in the vivid, crowded world of andersonville, and the people who lived outside its barricades. Andersonville by mackinlay kantor pulling another pulitzer off the. Libraries acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the war between the states, this searing pulitzer prizewinning book captures all the glory and shame of americas most tragic conflict in the. The reissue has a new cover but no introduction to acquaint new readers with a book that several prominent judges in the 1950s called our greatest civil war novel. Andersonville is a historical novel of the confederate prisoner of war camp. Kantor writes it with such savagery, and with such an eye for detail, youll be haunted let yourself be haunted by. The novel was originally published in 1955, and won the pulitzer prize for fiction the following year. Mackinlay kantor books list of books by author mackinlay kantor. Andersonville inscribed by kantor, mackinlay and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This acclaimed book by mackinlay kantor is available at in several formats for your ereader.
Mackinlay kantor was born on february 4, 1904 in webster city, iowa, usa as benjamin mackinlay kantor. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Frank and virginia williams collection of lincolniana mississippi state university. Mackinlay kantors andersonville tells the story of the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp, where fifty thousand union soldiers were held captiveand. Andersonville plume by mackinlay kantor 19930901 paperback 1800. Pdf andersonville by mackinlay kantor download pdf free. Mackinlay kantors andersonville tells the story of the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp, where fifty thousand union soldiers were. Oct 12, 1977 according to a pat anecdote, the seminal event in mackinlay kantor s life came when he was 10 years old and a salesman left sample pages from a civil war encyclopedia at his home in webster city.
This new edition will be widely read and talked about by civil war buffs and readers of gripping historical fiction. The first edition of the novel was published in 1973, and was written by aleksandr solzhenitsyn. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the american civil war, and was awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel andersonville. The novel was originally published in 1955 and won the pulitzer prize for fiction the following year. Oct 02, 2016 mackinlay kantors andersonville, an epic novel about the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp in georgia, won the pulitzer prize in 1956. The first edition of the novel was published in 1955, and was written by mackinlay kantor. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 660 pages and is available in mass market paperback format. Andersonville is a novel by mackinlay kantor concerning the confederate prisoner of war. Patrick cesarini bio in 2015, mackinlay kantor s pulitzer prizewinning civil war novel andersonville was reprinted for the first time in 15 years. Free download or read online andersonville pdf epub book. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
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