Andersonville Violets - A Story of Northern and Southern Life

Within the walls of the infamous Andersonville prisoner-of-war camp,
a Confederate guard and his Northern captive find their fates intertwined.

About the author

Herbert Collingwood wrote Andersonville Violets: A Story of Northern and Southern Life in response to his time in Starkville, Mississippi, in the 1880s, where he witnessed first-hand the lingering bitterness that the war left behind. Andersonville Violets is Collingwood's salve for the nation's wounds.

Summary

When John Rockwell, a Yankee captive at Andersonville, reaches across the prison's "dead line" to pluck a bunch of violets, Confederate guard Jack Foster is supposed to shoot him. Instead, he lowers his gun. After the war the paths of the men cross, against a backdrop of forgiveness and renewal.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Collingwood, Herbert W. Collingwood, Herbert W./ Rachels Collingwood, Herbert Winslow Collingwood
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2000
• EAN: 9780817310615
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1061-5
• No. of pages: 270
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Classics of Civil War Fiction; Classics of Civil War Fiction; Classics Civil War Fiction
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature