North vs. South Collection
An Anthology of Civil War Fiction, Memoir, History, and Rival Visions of Union, Confederacy, and ReconstructionBy Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Randall Parrish, George Washington Cable, John Esten Cooke, Edward Robins, John William De Forest, Ambrose Bierce, Winston Churchill, Edward Everett Hale, Charles King, Natalie Sumner Lincoln, Charles Carleton Coffin, James Ford Rhodes, John McElroy, Lucy Foster Madison, Harry Hazelton, Henry F. Keenan, George W. Peck, John R. Musick, Robert W. Chambers, Joseph A. Altsheler, G. A. Henty, B. K. Benson, W. H. Shelton, Byron A. Dunn, Ellen Glasgow, María Ruiz de Burton, Thomas Dixon Jr.
Length436h 2m
About this audiobook
North vs. South Collection gathers fiction, memoir-inflected narrative, popular history, adventure, satire, and political romance around the enduring conflicts of the American Civil War and its long aftermath. Its range is striking: battlefield episodes and espionage coexist with domestic drama, sectional caricature, Reconstruction anxieties, and reflections on national memory. The volume's significance lies in its refusal of a single Civil War story, bringing together works that variously romanticize, interrogate, commemorate, and contest the meanings of Union, Confederacy, emancipation, and reconciliation. The contributors represent an unusually broad late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century literary field: veterans, journalists, historians, regionalists, bestselling novelists, and writers shaped by Northern, Southern, immigrant, and transatlantic perspectives. Alongside canonical humor and adventure sit Southern local-color writing, Reconstruction-era social critique, Lost Cause-inflected romance, and narratives attentive to race, class, gender, and political power. These divergent voices illuminate the cultural movements through which the war was remembered, mythologized, and debated in print. Ideal for students and general readers alike, this collection offers a valuable comparative encounter with competing styles and historical imaginations. Reading across its varied selections reveals how literary form itself shaped public understandings of sectional conflict. It invites sustained reflection on memory, ideology, and the continuing dialogue between national history and storytelling.
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Rating★★★★ 4.3 (11)
Includes Amazon
GenreHistory, General Fiction
Length436 hrs 2 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1La Vendée (Annotated)
2The Red Badge of Courage (Stephen Crane)
3CHAPTER I
4CHAPTER II
5CHAPTER III
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6CHAPTER IV
7CHAPTER V
8CHAPTER VI
9CHAPTER VII
10CHAPTER VIII
11CHAPTER IX
12CHAPTER X
13CHAPTER XI
14CHAPTER XII
15CHAPTER XIII
16CHAPTER XIV
17CHAPTER XV
18CHAPTER XVI
19CHAPTER XVII
20CHAPTER XVIII
21CHAPTER XIX
22CHAPTER XX
23CHAPTER XXI
24CHAPTER XXII
25CHAPTER XXIII
26CHAPTER XXIV
27The Little Regiment (Stephen Crane)
28The Veteran (Stephen Crane)
29An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
30A Horseman in the Sky (Ambrose Bierce)
31Chickamauga (Ambrose Bierce)
32The Private History of a Campaign That Failed (Mark Twain)
33A Curious Experience (Mark Twain)
34The Guns of Bull Run (Joseph A. Altsheler)
35CHAPTER II A COURIER TO THE SOUTH
36CHAPTER III THE HEART OF REBELLION
37CHAPTER IV THE FIRST CAPITAL
38CHAPTER V THE NEW PRESIDENT
39CHAPTER VI SUMTER
40CHAPTER VII THE HOMECOMING
41CHAPTER VIII THE FIGHT FOR A STATE
42CHAPTER IX THE RIVER JOURNEY
43CHAPTER X OVER THE MOUNTAINS
44CHAPTER XI IN VIRGINIA
45CHAPTER XII THE FIGHT FOR THE FORT
46CHAPTER XIII THE SEEKER FOR HELP
47CHAPTER XIV IN WASHINGTON
48CHAPTER XV BATTLE'S EVE
49CHAPTER XVI BULL RUN
50The Guns of Shiloh (Joseph A. Altsheler)
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