Long Remember
by MacKinlay Kantor
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MacKinlay Kantor's Long Remember is the first realistic novel about the Civil War. Originally published in the 1930s, and out of print since the 50s, this book received rave reviews from the New York Times Book Review and was a main selection of the Literary Guild. It is the account of the Battle of Gettysburg, as viewed by a pacifist who comes to accept the nasty necessity of combat, and lives an intense and skewed romance along the way.Tags
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Don't read Jeff Shaara's introduction, if you've got that edition. It amounts to a spoiler.
A fascinating read. While there's a central and unrelated story that's of some interest, this book is significant because it recreates the battle of Gettysburg from the perspective of a Gettysburg resident, his friends, and his neighbors. It ain't pretty.
And an oddity: It's clear to me that I've read a fairly extensive excerpt from this novel somewhere else. Does someone know where? If so, please leave a note. Thanks.
A fascinating read. While there's a central and unrelated story that's of some interest, this book is significant because it recreates the battle of Gettysburg from the perspective of a Gettysburg resident, his friends, and his neighbors. It ain't pretty.
And an oddity: It's clear to me that I've read a fairly extensive excerpt from this novel somewhere else. Does someone know where? If so, please leave a note. Thanks.
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MacKinlay Kantor is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Andersonville, the novel about the horrifying Confederate prisoner-of-war camp in Georgia. Kantor is also known as a war correspondent and as the author of the novella and eventual screenplay The Best Years of Our Lives, a film that won seven Academy Awards. Kantor died in 1977 at the age of show more seventy-three. show less
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- Important places
- USA; Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA; Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA; Pennsylvania, USA
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865); Gettysburg Campaign (1863); Battle of Gettysburg (1863-07-01 | 1863-07-03)
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- 81
- Popularity
- 391,137
- Reviews
- 1
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- (4.00)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 5
