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The Bonfire

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The Bonfire

The Siege and Burning of AtlantaBy Marc WortmanNarrated by Anthony Heald

The Bonfire

Length16h

About this audiobook

The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history. But this epic siege on American soil has been treated only cursorily by historians. Marc Wortman grandly remedies this situation with The Bonfire, an absorbing narrative history told through the points of view of key participants both Confederate and Union. The Bonfire reveals an Atlanta of unexpected paradoxes: a new mercantile city dependent on the primitive institution of slavery, governed by a pro-Union mayor. When James Calhoun surrendered the city after forty-five terrible days, he was accompanied by Bob Yancey, a black slave who was likely the son of Union advocate Daniel Webster. Atlanta was both the last of the medieval city sieges and the first modern urban devastation. From its ashes, a new South would arise.

War & Battle Survival Post-Apocalyptic Political Intrigue

Audiobook details

GenreHistory

Length16 hrs

Narrated byAnthony Heald

FormatAudiobook

Publish dateAug 17, 2009

LanguageEnglish

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