The Civil War (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ken Burns, Ric Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Military history
- Time of Work: 1861-1865
- Setting: The United States
- Principal Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, William T. Sherman, Georoe B. Mcclellan
- Genres: Nonfiction, Diary, History, Letters
- Subjects: Blacks, South or Southerners, Abolitionists, Slavery or slaves, Religion, Economics, Soldiers, Railroads, Fanaticism, Military art or science
- Locales: United States
“The Civil War,” wrote Robert Penn Warren, “is, for the American imagination, the great single event of our history.” Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and his associates spent five years planning, researching, writing, and shooting what claims to be “the most comprehensive treatment of the Civil War ever committed to film.” They attempted to retell the story of the Civil War in the voices of the men and women—Northerners and Southerners—who actually lived through the war. Their eleven-hour historical documentary aired on the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in the fall...
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