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New York Times Bestseller
A gripping, definitive account of Sherman's legendary and destructive march through Georgia.
"Mr. Trudeau's narrative is peppered with trenchant observations from Sherman, one of history's more quotable military leaders. . . . Mr. Trudeau accomplishes what he set out to do: march through the experience in all its detail." -- The Wall Street Journal
In Southern Storm, award-winning Civil War historian Noah Andre Trudeau has written a fascinating account that will stand as the last word on General William Tecumseh Sherman's epic march--a targeted strategy aimed to break not only the Confederate army but an entire society as well. In rich detail, Trudeau explains why General Sherman's name is still anathema below the Mason-Dixon Line, especially in Georgia, where he is remembered as "the one who marched to the sea with death and devastation in his wake."
Told through the intimate and engrossing diaries and letters of Sherman's soldiers and the civilians who suffered in their path, Southern Storm paints a vivid picture of an event that would forever change the course of America.
Author: Noah Andre Trudeau
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 08/04/2009
Pages: 704
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.83lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.98w x 1.45d
ISBN13: 9780060598686
ISBN10: 0060598689
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military | United States
- History | United States | 19th Century
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