The civil war was the bloodiest conflict in american history, turning brother against brother and devastating large regions of the country. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading like a river. I very much liked robertsons earlier short study of the 1864 red river campaign, and his new book interests me as something of an updated version of winterss classic the civil war in louisiana. The ramifications of either side of the argument being wrong felt extremely heavy. Regular novels and other books often also show up on this list when a. Deeb is the author of seven novels which take place during the american civil war known as the drieborg chronicles. A plot to defeat the roman catholic church and install hitler as the new pope. The american civil war is a popular historical resource for fiction writers and it continues to woo readers of the genre. But ever since the union army occupied her beloved town. Some historians name the 18611865 war as the second american civil war, since the american revolutionary war could be. The stories of three teens intersect in the later years of the civil war in this debut novel.
The red badge of courage is a war novel by american author stephen crane 18711900. Fifteenyearold leander jordan runs off to war from ohio to prove hes a man. How to write civil war historical fiction with pictures. Duty and honor is the first novel of the drieborg chronicles. The green family owns a general store in this small southern town where they have lived for many years. We think of the civil war as taking place on fields. Winner, the grateful american book prize leander and polly are two teenage union soldiers who carry deep, dangerous secrets. This is a downloadable version of a treasury of civil war songs. Col ralph peters says his acclaimed new novel valley of the shadow, is not the usual candycoated rendering of the civil war that most readers are used to. A civil war novel the civil war gunderson, jessica on. Thiongo develops multiple themes in the novel the river between. Savannah, the ninth book in james reasoners the civil war battle series, concerns itself mainly with the two youngest of the surviving brannon brothers, cory and henry.
I have been fascinated by the civil war since seventh grade. From 1861 to 1865, romney was the center of activity for military operations initiated. Audio name pronunciation with kathy cannon wiechman. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading.
From james mcphersons definitive history to tony horwitzs adventures among obsessives, here are the 11 best books on the civil war in time for the 150th anniversary. But never have i found a book as captivating and so full of details of the war. A historic civil war shaped by rivers home and family. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound, a red badge of courage. Instead of just destroying the enemy, the soldiers who practiced. However, neither of the two really experience much fighting, and instead the novel is more of a depiction of a hospital and a prisonerof war camp than an account of civil war battles. I read books about abraham lincoln, general robert e. Readers will be transported to the homes, waterways, camps, hospitals, and prisons of the civil war era.
The history books can tell us much about the trauma of war, but for those who prefer the emotional truths that can be conveyed by a good novel, here are 10 classic stories of the us civil war. It felt like the stakes were a lot higher in this book too. A drums story a veteran and his grandchildren lincoln and tad the defenses of washington story of the second bull run campaigning with grant a drummer boy in gray war story told in. American civil war alternate histories are alternate history fiction that focuses on the civil war ending differently or not occurring. Read a lot of wwi and wwii books, plenty of revolutionary war books, even delved into the war of 1812. Everyone in the family seems to fear the coming of the civil war except tillys twin brother. Im trying to write civil war novels that really dramatize history and that are much more accurate and realistic than novels in the past, peters said thursday on the steve malzberg show on newsmax. You may be writing a historical fiction story about the civil war as a way. Missouri publisher rocking horse publishing has published spirits of st.
Like any good war history book, the civil war books on this list take a deep dive not only into the untold horrors of warfare, but also the perspectives, personalities, and. Total war was an important union tactic used in the civil war. From civil war to world war an alternate history also by tsouras, this book imagines if great britain had supported the confederate states of america during the civil. However, neither of the two really experience much fighting, and instead the novel. Tilly pruitt and her family live in a muddy illinois river town on the banks of the mississippi.
Civil war buff robert hicks based his 2005 novel on the true story of a confederate woman who devoted herself to giving southern soldiers a proper burial in her own backyard. A civil war novel from the worlds largest community of readers. They will also see themselves in the universal themes of dealing with parents, friendships, bullying, failure, and young love. Like a river childrens historical fiction kathy cannon wiechman. When nate announces he is joining the union army with his friend, given, leander watches the decision drive a wedge. It includes my story after the raid, an offshoot of my civil war horror novel a.
A civil war novel kindle edition by wiechman, kathy cannon. Im not sure if thats because there are just less books about the civil war or because i havent found the good ones, but a good chunk of my enjoyment in reading this book had to do with it covering a portion of history i know less about. Louis, an anthology of ghost stories set in missouri. The amazon pages top 100 free kindle civil war history list has a lot of permanently free ebooks on a variety of topics. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Like a river is a lyrical atmospheric first novel told in two voices.
A civil war battle of balls bluff, near leesburg, va. Leander is fifteen and lives in his older brothers shadow. Born together, then torn apart, in civil warera minnesota nicole helgets new novel, stillwater, follows the lives of twins separated at birth and raised on opposite sides of the tracks. This form of fighting was a new way of war that appeared during the civil war. William hutchings, and his 5yearold twin brothers, raymond and earl, make the trip from. Readers will be transported to the homes,waterways, camps, hospitals, and prisons of the civil war era.
Read or research books on the civil war online for free. War and remembrance combine powerfully in this rugged debut novel of the horrors of combat and the fierceness of nature. The american civil war is a popular point of divergence in english. This is a list of alternate history fiction, sorted by type. The american civil war 18611865 was a separatist conflict between the united states federal government the union and eleven southern slave states that declared their secession and formed. Like a river is the story of two teenagers, leander and paul, who join the union army during the civil war. The small town of romney, west virginia, occupied a strategic location in the west branch valley of the potomac river. The river between us kindle edition by peck, richard. Wiechmans like a river is a wonderfullywritten, memorable story, perceiving the civil war in a new way thatd hold you to the novel.