The bonfire, the siege and burning of Atlanta, Marc Wortman
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The bonfire, the siege and burning of Atlanta, Marc Wortman
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Main title
The bonfire
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electronic resource
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Marc Wortman
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the siege and burning of Atlanta
Summary
The destruction of Atlanta is an iconic moment in American history-it was the centerpiece of the hugely successful book and movie Gone with the Wind. But though the epic sieges of Leningrad, Stalingrad, and Berlin have all been explored in best-selling histories, the one great American example has been treated only cursorily as a footnote. Marc Wortman remedies that conspicuous absence in grand fashion with The Bonfire, an absorbing narrative history told through the points of view of key participants, both Confederate and Union
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adult
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- Sieges -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
- Civil-military relations -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
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- Sieges -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- Fires -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- City and town life -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Atlanta Campaign, 1864
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century
- Atlanta (Ga.) -- History, Military -- 19th century
- Civil-military relations -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 19th century
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