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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
Fabric Type: 9780312363734
Fax Number: First Edition, First Printing
Legal Disclaimer: 0312363737
Maximum Color Depth: St. Martin's Press
Metal Type: St. Martin's Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 352
Total External Bays Free: May 13, 2008
Total Firewire Ports: St. Martin's Press
Total Parallel Ports: May 13, 2008
St. Martin's Press
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man’s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men.
July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it’s too late.
Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war’s final year.
Average Rating: 
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This novel of the civil war is hard to put down, but in the end it left me feeling empty. There's a whole lot of blood and hate and not much redemption here.
Rating:  -
I've always like Gene Hackman since I saw him in I Never Sang for My Father back in 1970 or 1971. Over the years, his acting has been entertaining. Although I've never read any of his written works, if his writing his anything like his acting, readers are in for a real treat.
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Everyone once in a while, I read a mass-market piece of fiction, just to remind myself about the difference between those works and quality fiction. "Escape from Andersonville" falls comfortably into the mass-market category. In short, it's terrible.
I've read a lot about the Civil War, and this book seems to be accurate. But its accuracy and its opening two sentences are the only good things that can be said about it. By sentence #3, it's a steep downhill slide.
I'm not ... Read More
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I agree with the other reviews which gave this title 1 star - it is terrible. I bought the book thinking it would provide a lot of historical data about POWs during the Civil War. Well, there is some information, however it is very limited and incorrect.
The facet of this book which was a real turn off for me is the extremely poor writing in itself. There is repetition of information and scenes, poorly developed characters, run-on sentences, poor grammar and a plot that is less than ... Read More
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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation," wrote Henry David Thoreau, and one such man is Captain Nathan Parker, Captain of the Fifth Michigan, dubbed "Parker's Rangers." And just when he thought that the insanity of war could not get any worse, he and his men are captured and sent to the dreaded Confederate prison camp at Andersonville, Georgia. Now, Captain Parker's situation becomes truly desperate - he must escape from Andersonville, and free his men. He finds himself making alliances with ... Read More
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