Civil War novelist Jeff Shaara resurrects Vicksburg under Grant’s barrage
In his Civil War novels, Jeff Shaara brings to life all the noise, deprivation, exhaustion, and frustration typical of war, and his new tale of the Battle of Vicksburg is…
Acclaimed scholar Randall Fuller discusses the impact of the Civil War on Walt Whitman’s poetic vision
…analyzes the significance of familiar figures such as Louisa May Alcott (who, like Whitman, served as a battlefield hospital nurse) alongside obscure or nearly forgotten writers like the ill-fated Theodore…
Robert J. Norrell’s new novel of race, violence, and injustice in 1960s Alabama is a thoughtful and captivating tale in the best tradition of the Southern courtroom drama
…thus raising the issue of inter-racial sexuality, a subject even the racially liberal Tom admits to feeling queasy about. As the story unfolds, Norrell skillfully weaves various social and cultural…
Memphis author Cary Holladay has written a lyrical new collection of stories that spans generations
Cary Holladay’s lyrical new collection of linked stories, Horse People, follows various members of a prosperous family in Orange County, Virginia, from the Civil War through World War II and…
Stephen R. Haynes’s study of the 1960s campaign to desegregate the Second Presbyterian Church in Memphis provides a balanced perspective on a vital element of the civil-rights movement
…needle that civil-rights historians often struggle with: he recognizes that even though moral and racial justice were assuredly on the side of the protestors, not all those who opposed them…
The Battle of Stones River finally gets its due from historian Larry J. Daniel
…Civil War generals. No bestselling novel has brought the battle to public awareness. Indeed, a majority of Americans have almost certainly never heard of Stones River, let alone know who…
