
Andersonville
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Narrated by:
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Grover Gardner
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By:
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MacKinlay Kantor
Acclaimed as the greatest novel ever written about the War Between the States, this searing Pulitzer Prize-winning book captures all the glory and shame of America's most tragic conflict in the vivid, crowded world of Andersonville, and the people who lived outside its barricades. Based on the author's extensive research and nearly 25 years in the making, MacKinlay Kantor's best-selling masterwork tells the heartbreaking story of the notorious Georgia prison where 50,000 Northern soldiers suffered - and 14,000 died - and of the people whose lives were changed by the grim camp where the best and the worst of the Civil War came together. Here is the savagery of the camp commandant, the deep compassion of a nearby planter and his gentle daughter, the merging of valor and viciousness within the stockade itself, and the day-to-day fight for survival among the cowards, cutthroats, innocents, and idealists thrown together by the brutal struggle between North and South. A moving portrait of the bravery of people faced with hopeless tragedy, this is the inspiring American classic of an unforgettable period in American history.
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Too Long!
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Epic story
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interesting story
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Also the reader is fit for the task of narrating this classic.
Civil War Andersonville prison
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What did I miss?
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A true classic comes to light...
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Is there anything you would change about this book?
Create an actual story line with characters that one could identify with. Get to the point.Has Andersonville turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, I like historical novels but this one just didn't do it for me.What about Grover Gardner’s performance did you like?
Grover Gardner's performance was not the problem with this book. He did an admirable job.Was Andersonville worth the listening time?
No.Any additional comments?
I was expecting a compelling story about the notorious, Confederate Civil War prison of Andersonville and maybe if I hung in there long enough, the story might have actually gotten around to it. I tried several times but this story just meandered around from one little vignette to another with no real story line and no clear characters. I had a hard time following all of the characters that meandered in and out. Couldn't identify with any of them. They were not clearly defined. Very difficult "story" to follow. It was a lot of little muddled stories about some people living in the rural South during the Civil War and Andersonville was not even mentioned. I tried to stick it out to see if it was going anywhere and finally gave up out of frustration.Not what I was expecting.
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If you could sum up Andersonville in three words, what would they be?
Great performance. lol dhd hfh elie lfj skjhf wqeid kjhfsf kjahd kjhdfkfjh dkd kdh daoieu askadjGreat performance!
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Long but worthwhile
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History is good to know. Horrible as it was.
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