Kantor had studied the civil war and andersonville for 25 years prior to writing the novel. He was one of the most wellknown american writers during the 1950s and still remains one of the most respected civil war authors to date. His crowning achievement was andersonville, a civil war novel about an infamous confederate prison camp, for which he won the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956. Spirit lake by mackinlay kantor nook book ebook barnes. Buy andersonville by mackinlay kantor online at alibris. Andersonville, the pultizer prize winning work of historical fiction written by mackinlay kantor, seemed a natural choice for my new interest in that period of american history.
A classic narrator reading a classic work is an unbeatable combination. The 1956 pulitzer prizewinning story of the andersonville fortress and its use as a concentration camplike prison by the south during the civil war. Unfollow andersonville by mackinlay kantor to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. He began to write seriously at sixteen, became a newspaper reporter at seventeen, and published his first book at twentythree. Mackinlay kantor is currently considered a single author. Andersonville, the prisoner stockade in georgia, twenty acres hewn out of a pine woods, counted for more dead in fourteen months of the civil war than bull run, antietam and gettysburg combined. 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. Andersonville by kantor mckinlay, 9780452269569, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
He began his career writing mystery and crime stories for pulp fiction magazines and later, during wwii, worked as a war correspondent. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. 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, about the confederate prisoner of war camp. Kantors 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. Oct 09, 2016 of course, most of us dont have a grandfather like mackinlay kantor, the pulitzer prizewinning author of andersonville considered one of the greatest civil war novels ever written. Diversey isbn 9780984651047 pdf epub mackinlay kantor. Awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956, the book is a detailed and horrifying depiction of the prison, seen through the eyes its neighbors, of the officers running it, the old men. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 766 pages and is available in paperback format. Mackinlay kantor pulitzer prizewinning author of andersonville vast in scope, breathtaking in intensity, forged in pr.
Ten years later, kantor was awarded the pulitzer prize for his novel andersonville. Mackinlay kantors andersonville, an epic novel about the notorious confederate prisoner of war camp in georgia, won the pulitzer prize in 1956. The novel interweaves the stories of real and fictional characters. He also wrote gettysburg, set during the civil war. Mackinlay kantors andersonville 1955 was the fruit of years of research and a longstanding interest kantor had in the prison. Andersonville ebook by mackinlay kantor 9780698188228. Free download or read online andersonville pdf epub book. 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. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are.
Over the next halfcentury, he went on to produce more than forty works including novels, short story collections, novels in verse, novellas, histories and. If the south had won the civil war mackinlay kantor. See all books authored by mackinlay kantor, including andersonville, and gettysburg, and more on. Andersonville is a novel by mackinlay kantor concerning the confederate prisoner of war camp, andersonville prison, during the american civil war 18611865. Diversey isbn 9780984651047 pdf epub mackinlay kantor ebook.
Mackinlay kantor books list of books by author mackinlay. Mackinlay kantors book for young readers captures all the emotions and drama of those few days in april 1865. The novel was originally published in 1955, and won the pulitzer prize for fiction the following year. He states in his fivepage bibliography that andersonville is a work of fiction, but is presented as an accurate history of the andersonville prison. Immediately download the mackinlay kantor summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching mackinlay kantor.
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Awarded the pulitzer prize for fiction in 1956, the book is a detailed and horrifying depiction of the prison, seen through the eyes its neighbors, of the officers running it, the old men and young boys guarding it, and the unfortunates held there. Sep 02, 2015 andersonville was the subject of a novel published sixty years ago that won the pulitzer prize for fiction. Buy andersonville reprint by kantor, mackinlay isbn. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The 1955 pulitzer prizewinning story of the andersonville fortress and its use as a concentration camplike prison by the south during the civil war. Mackinlay kantor s andersonville 1955 was the fruit of years of research and a longstanding interest kantor had in the prison. 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.
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