2006-11-28 14:17:15 · 7 answers · asked by Loved By Someone Above 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
North & South by John Jakes I think. Was made into a miniseries with Patrick Swayze. John Jakes has written other novels about the civil war as well.
2006-11-28 14:53:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check your local library or bookstore for a copy of Stephen Vincent Benet's John Brown's Body.
Believe it or not, it's a book-long novel in poetry about the Civil War, very readable, lots of characters and action, plus love, romance, adventure, true stories and made-up ones, some of it memorable and beautiful as well.
Different, yes, but good!
2006-11-28 15:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Palmerpath 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Red Badge Of Courage is the best Civil War novel I have read. Also, more recently published, E.L. Doctorow's The March, is very good.
2006-11-29 13:07:19 · answer #3 · answered by Hazel Motes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably the most famous Civil War story is Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage."
2006-11-28 16:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by jcboyle 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Across Five Aprils and Cold Mountain. Also, Gone With the Wind
2006-11-28 15:02:22 · answer #5 · answered by jane7 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Killer Angels is great historical fiction, and the basis for the movie Gettysburg.
2006-11-28 14:25:44 · answer #6 · answered by sharonj_1017 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say "Cold mountain" and "Gone with the wind".
2006-11-28 18:26:43 · answer #7 · answered by simply_improvising 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋