2007-06-25 22:43:59 · 18 answers · asked by aaroncolby2001 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Gone With the Wind.
2007-06-25 22:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by Steve C 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Books Like Cold Mountain
2016-12-08 16:27:31 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why?
Do you want to avoid them?
I thought that the end of Cold Mountain was a bit of a let down after all the hype.
However, Lost Geography by Charlotte Bacon...I think is better
Cormac McCarthy's trilogy, starting with All the Pretty Horses is good, also, David Gutterson.
2007-06-26 10:12:21 · answer #3 · answered by i_am_jean_s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try an American classic: Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge Of Courage." I also recommend "Ambrose Bierce's Civil War Stories," a masterpiece of macabre literature, strongly influenced by Edgar Allan Poe.
2007-06-26 05:25:38 · answer #4 · answered by Dear Carlos 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
One of the most innovative and challenging books ever written "The Wave" (1929) by Evelyn Scott is set during the civil war - not exactly an airport bestseller though.
"The Wave, Scott's best novel, deals with the Civil War in an experimental narrative style attempting both epic sweep and accurate psychological analysis."
http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=S014
and to see how neglected Scott has become, check out the Wikipedia entry!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Scott
2007-06-25 23:01:26 · answer #5 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could try Charles Frazier's follow-up 13 Moons. Or better yet The March by EL Doctorow. A truly epic and special novel set towards the end of the war.
I would also recommend Property by Valerie Martin
Hope this helps
2007-06-25 23:01:21 · answer #6 · answered by RealRui 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, how about "The Killer Angels" by Micheal Shaara and the prequel and sequel books by his son Jeff that turn his book into book two of a trilogy, "Gods and Generals" and "The Last Full Measure." Or maybe John Jakes North and South trilogy, "North and South," "Love and War," and "Heaven and Hell." Or "One Came Back {Un Revenant}" by Remi Tremblay and translated into english by Margaret S. Langford (it's about a French Canadian who served in the war).
2007-06-26 18:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Widow of the South, The Red Badge of Courage, Shenandoah.
2007-06-26 01:21:59 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Gone with the Wind" - set in the Civil War in the South. Book and movie.
2007-06-25 22:52:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jeff Shaara's The Killer Angels, Gods and Generals, and The Last Full Measure
2007-06-26 01:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋