Pulitzer Prize Fiction Winner
Andersonville
by MacKinlay Kantor
Summary
A massive, uncompromising historical novel about the horrors of the Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. It focuses on the dehumanization of both the prisoners and their guards.
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Historical Context & Significance
Kantor spent 25 years researching the camp; the book was praised for its "unflinching" realism in depicting the darkest chapter of the Civil War.