The march a novel /
In 1864, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman marched his sixty thousand troops through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces, demolished cities, and accumulated a borne-along population of freed blacks and white refugees until all that remained...
| Main Author: | Doctorow, E. L., 1931-2015. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2005]
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| Physical Description: |
363 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
In 1864, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman marched his sixty thousand troops through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces, demolished cities, and accumulated a borne-along population of freed blacks and white refugees until all that remained was the dangerous transient life of the dispossessed and the triumphant. In E.L. Doctorow's hands the great march becomes a floating world, a nomadic consciousness, and an unforgettable reading experience with awesome relevance to our own times. |
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| Item Description: |
Georgia -- South Carolina -- North Carolina. In 1864, Union general William Tecumseh Sherman marched his sixty thousand troops through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas. The army fought off Confederate forces, demolished cities, and accumulated a borne-along population of freed blacks and white refugees until all that remained was the dangerous transient life of the dispossessed and the triumphant. In E.L. Doctorow's hands the great march becomes a floating world, a nomadic consciousness, and an unforgettable reading experience with awesome relevance to our own times. Pen/Faulkner Award, 2006. |
| Physical Description: |
363 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Awards: |
Pen/Faulkner Award, 2006. |
| ISBN: |
0375506713 9780375506710 0812976150 9780812976151 0375728481 9780375728488 |