A PLUME BOOK
ANDERSONVILLE
M AC K INLAY K ANTOR was one of this country’s most distinguished authors. He wrote more than thirty books, including the original story for the Academy Award–winning film The Best Years of Our Lives . He planned the writing of Andersonville , his masterwork, for twenty-five years. He died in 1977.
“The best Civil War novel I have ever read, without any question.”
—Bruce Catton, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian, Chicago Tribune
“A great book, perhaps the greatest of all Civil War novels.”
— Chicago Sun-Times
“Will give Civil War buffs their greatest hour since Gone with the Wind .”
— Time
“Kantor’s finest . . . Its compelling and crucial moods of tragedy, suffering, and heroism . . . make it one of the most moving novels of our time.”
— Saturday Review
Chart showing approximate location of various points and areas at Andersonville.
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