| The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta Contributor(s): Wortman, Marc (Author), Heald, Anthony (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1433279770 ISBN-13: 9781433279775 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: August 2009 Annotation: Like the great city sieges of historyBerlin, Stalingrad, Sarajevothe fall of Atlanta, the prime urban center of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, was a historical instance of the tragedy of war overtaking civilian innocents. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.70 lbs) |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Locality - Atlanta, Georgia - Geographic Orientation - Georgia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history. But this epic siege on American soil has been treated only cursorily by historians. Marc Wortman grandly remedies this situation with The Bonfire, an absorbing narrative history told through the points of view of key participants both Confederate and Union. The Bonfire reveals an Atlanta of unexpected paradoxes: a new mercantile city dependent on the primitive institution of slavery, governed by a pro-Union mayor. When James Calhoun surrendered the city after forty-five terrible days, he was accompanied by Bob Yancey, a black slave who was likely the son of Union advocate Daniel Webster. Atlanta was both the last of the medieval city sieges and the first modern urban devastation. From its ashes, a new South would arise. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wortman, Marc: - Marc Wortman is the author of The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power. An award-winning freelance writer, his work has appeared in numerous national magazines. He has taught literature and writing at Princeton University and was a senior editor of the Yale alumni magazine. He lives in New Haven with his wife, daughter, and son. Heald, Anthony: -Anthony Heald, an Audie Award-winning narrator, has earned Tony nominations and an Obie Award for his theater work; appeared in television's Law & Order, The X-Files, Miami Vice, and Boston Public; and starred as Dr. Frederick Chilton in the 1991 Oscar-winning film The Silence of the Lambs. He lives in Ashland, Oregon, with his family. |