With illustrations by Civil War specialist, Mort Kunstler, The March is a valuable addition of any Civil War collection. The March won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction in 2006 and was the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction winner, as well. Doctorow puts his unique stamp on these well-known events at the conclusion of the Civil War. We’ve all heard of Sherman’s march to the sea.
Doctorowįiction, and, in this case, historical fiction often provides readers with a way of coming at the events of the past from a new direction. In the publisher’s original binding, first editions of this two-volume set can sell for around $3,000, depending on condition. First edition copies have spines with gilt ruled raised bands and twin red and blue morocco labels, lettered in gilt. 350,000 copies were sold as a result of his efforts, and the book hasn’t been out of print. Twain marketed the two-volume first edition of Grant’s Memoirs widely right at the time of the president’s death. The first edition of Personal Memoirs was published in 1885 by none other than Mark Twain. It has been described as one of the finest war memoirs ever written, with Grant’s prose being heralded as clear and smart. His Personal Memoirs is thus an important piece in the Civil War literature puzzle.
Grant is remembered for being a Union Army general-the leader of the Union forces at the conclusion of the Civil War, as a matter of fact-and later as the 18th president of the United States. Since he’s the man of the day, we figured it was wise to begin a discussion of Civil War literature with a first-hand account. Happy collecting! Personal Memoirs of U.S. Beyond the Union general, however, you’ll see that a collection of Civil War literature can span from novels to poems to autobiographies and everything in between. Indeed, Grant himself has a noteworthy memoir that graces our list. Grant is a good day to discuss some titles and editions that are important to keep in mind for anyone interested in this period in United States history.
Interested in starting or adding to a collection of Civil War literature? We think the anniversary of the death of Ulysses S.
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