For more on women in the Civil War, I highly recommend two excellent novels: I Shall Be Near To You by Erin Lindsay McCabe (review) Sisters of Shiloh by Kathy & Becky Hepinstall (review) I don’t think I’ve read any other novels recently about contemporary women serving in the militar...
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From the first pages of many historical novels, students will notice that the authors have used authentic language from the Civil War period to make their characters' dialogue sound realistic. Words such as "git" ("get"), "'taters" ("potatoes"), and "furriner" ("foreigner") are examples...
Gettysburg, The Killer Angels . Jeff Shaara continued his father’s legacy with a series of centuries-spanning New York Times bestsellers. This volume assembles three Civil War novels from America’s first family of military fiction: Gods and Generals, The Killer Angels, and The Last Full ...
In the context of this interplay between history and fiction, William Faulkner's The Unvanquished is listed among the novels dedicated to the Southern experience in the Civil War. Long dismissed as a less important novel, The Unvanquished is not merely another War novel, but a subtle and ...
IN ANOTHER LIFE: THE REFUGEE PHENOMENON IN TWO NOVELS OF THE NIGERIAN CIVIL WAR. Focuses on the refugee phenomenon in two novels of the Nigerian Civil War. Chinua Achebe's 'A Man of the People'; Response to the Biafran War in a variety ... Sample,Maxine - 《Modern Fiction Studies》 被...
Just curious if you have any historical sources for the proper "spelling" of The Lancers Quadrille(s). Spare Parts has it as "Lancers" on the original [Civil War Ballroom] CD, but as "Lancer's" in their sheet music book. I've also seen it as Lancers' on the web. Any thoughts?
Mark Barie's New Civil War Novel: "War Calls, Love Cries" is now available at Amazon.com and BarnesandNoble.com. An innocent farmboy from upstate New York whose dreams are shattered when the Civil War erupts. This is Mark's debut novel.
While this James Reasoner series is classified as historical fiction, the stories the books tell follow the exploits of a fictional family that has to maneuver the hardships of the civil war. The Brannon Family lives in Culpeper County, Virginia. They are first introduced to readers in ‘Manassa...
A favorite blood sport of the Civil War community is to pick apart the historical accuracy of novels and movies. I’m going to avoid that with Ralph Peter’s new novelDarkness at Chancellorsvillefor two reasons. First, the inaccuracies are few and minor, and a couple might be the result ...