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Andersonville Violets: A Story of Northern and Southern Life (Classics of Civil War Fiction) - Softcover
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. Conflicted over thoughts of Lucy Moore, his girl back home, Foster lowers his gun. Spared, Rockwell lives to escape Andersonville, and Foster is discharged in disgrace.
After the war, the paths of the two men are predictably divergent. Foster, as a symbol of the Confederacy, is a burned-out, bitter shell. Rockwell, as an emblem of the North, is thrifty and eager to make something of himself.
When Rockwell's ambitions lead him to take charge of a rundown plantation in Foster's native Mississippi, the prisoner and guard
find their paths crossing once again.
The struggle of these men represents the post-war chasm between North and South and raises issues of forgiveness and renewal.
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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 firsthand the lingering bitterness that the war left behind. Andersonville Violets is Collingwood's salve for the nation's wounds.
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- PublisherUniversity Alabama Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0817310614
- ISBN 13 9780817310615
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages312
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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. Conflicted over thoughts of Lucy Moore, his girl back home, Foster lowers his gun. Spared, Rockwell lives to escape Andersonville, and Foster is discharged in disgrace. After the war, the paths of the two men are predictably divergent. Foster, as a symbol of the Confederacy, is a burned-out, bitter shell. Rockwell, as an emblem of the North, is thrifty and eager to make something of himself. When Rockwell's ambitions lead him to take charge of a rundown plantation in Foster's native Mississippi, the prisoner and guard find their paths crossing once again. The struggle of these men represents the post-war chasm between North and South and raises issues of forgiveness and renewal. 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. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780817310615
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