Civil War Short Stories and Poems (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 048648226X ISBN 13: 9780486482262

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2011

Synopsis

This anthology commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with reflections from both sides of the conflict. Compiled by an expert in the literature of the era, the poems and short stories appear in chronological order. They trace the war's progress and portray a gamut of moods, from the early days of eagerness to confront the foe to long years of horror at the ongoing carnage and sad relief at the struggle's end.
Selections include the poetry of Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; observations by Herman Melville and Louisa May Alcott; and noteworthy fiction by Ambrose Bierce ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") and Mark Twain ("A True Story, Repeated Word for Word, As I Heard It"). Lesser-known writers, many of them anonymous, offer heartfelt testimonials and eyewitness accounts from battlefields and the homefront.

About this title

About the Author:

An English professor at the City University of New York's Kingsborough College, Bob Blaisdell is the editor of numerous Dover Thrift Editions and many other books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 048648226X
• ISBN 13: 9780486482262
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Bob Blaisdell