Request for Question Clarification by
rainbow-ga
on
04 Feb 2005 04:12 PST
Hi dtnl42,
I'm not sure these are what you are interested in, but here are some:
Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 (Modern War Studies)
by Albert Castel
"Of the many Civil War titles published each year, very few stand heads taller
than the rest. This is such a book. Exhaustively researched, richly
detailed, and told in the present tense, it has brought to life all
the participants, from private to general. Incorporating both primary
and secondary sources, Castel (The Presidency of Andrew Johnson , LJ
9/1/79) provides an objective perspective seldom equaled, giving full
and balanced treatment to both Union and Confederate armies through
the use of new accounts and analyses of major
events. Along the way, he corrects many mistakes and dispels longstanding
myths..."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/070060748X/102-8646873-0600967
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
by William Styron
"The color of Styron's skin doesn't matter anymore than it should for anyone
else. "The Confessions of Nat Turner" is a brutal accounting, from Nat
Turner's point of view, of the events that led up to the only
long-term revolt in the disgraceful history of American slavery..."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN%3D0679601015/102-8646873-0600967
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Pilgrim Voices: Our First Year in the New World
by Connie Roop, Shelley Pritchett, Peter Roop
"The Roops give a new twist to the familiar story of the Pilgrims'
first voyage to North America and the original Thanksgiving
celebration. Drawing on diaries and journals, they use the Pilgrims'
own words to describe the voyage on the Mayflower; exploring the land
and meeting the Indians; the hardships, illnesses, and hunger during
the first winter; and the harvest festival. The diary format and
first-person voice contribute authenticity and vitality to the text,
with colorful paintings by Shelley Pritchett adding interest..."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0802775306/102-8646873-0600967
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Booth
by David Robertson
"The narrator is John Surratt, a real participant in the conspiracy to
assassinate Abraham Lincoln, a conspiracy which was led by John Wilkes
Booth. As the author states in his "Sources and Acknowledgements" at
the end of the book, his novel is essentially correct in all pertinent
details, but has been "fictionalized" in ways that enhance the telling
of the story.
The narrative is made up of interconnected excerpts earlier diary written from
1864 to 1865, and the diary of John Wilkes Booth written during the days
between his murder of Abraham Lincoln and his (Surratt's) about two
weeks later; excerpts from testimony in the trials of Mary Surratt
(John's mother),
shortly after the assasination, and that of John Surratt about two
years later, after his capture in Italy and deportation to America."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1568655991/102-8646873-0600967?v=glance
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Nectar in a Sieve
by Kamala Markandaya, Indira Ganesan
"This is the first novel of Ms. Markandaya, an Indian author living in England
(she has written at least nine other novels). This novel, written in
the first person, presents the life of a peasant woman living in a
remote Hindu village in India. Since the village is never named nor is
a year ever mentioned in the book, a number of commenters have
suggested that the book represents the story of India herself, arising
out of feudalism and through industrialization..."
http://20th-century-history-books.com/Nectar_in_a_Sieve.html
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My Glorious Brothers
by Howard Fast
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0743480031/qid=1107518101/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-8646873-0600967
"Although harshly attacking him for his revolutionary subject matter,
his critics could not - did not even try to - deny Fast's outstanding
talent as a writer. His books - mainly history novels - were written
with such plausible minutiae as though he himself had been, say, near
Judas Maccabee, when the latter led the Jews' uprising against Greek
oppressors (My Glorious Brothers, a novel written in the first person
singular)."
The Moscow News
http://www.mn.ru/english/issue.php?2003-10-3
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Becoming Madame Mao
by Anchee Min
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0618127003/qid=1107518563/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-8646873-0600967
"Anchee Min, the author, grew up in China and was part of a labor collective.
She also worked as an actress in Madame Mao's Film Studio. I loved her novel
"Katherine" as it introduced me to the reality of living in Communist
China. I was therefore very anxious to read "Becoming Madame Mao", in
which she attempts to shed some light on the life Jiang Chang, the
wife of Mao Tse-Tung, often referred to as the "white boned demon" and
known for her vindictive cruelty.
The voice of Madame Mao come through clearly in the alternating sections
written in the first person. It is here that the reader gains some
psychological insight into the forces that have shaped her life. These
sections are always followed by a dispassionate third person
narrative. I found this technique effective in telling this story."
Artrocity
http://www.artrocity.com/cgi-bin/amaz-item_id-0618127003-search_type-AsinSearch-locale-us.html
Waiting to hear your views.
Best regards,
Rainbow
