Rising in flames : Sherman's March and the fight for a new nation

Dickey shares new perspectives into Sherman's epic March to the Sea. He profiles profiling the heated divides of the antebellum years, and how Sherman's legendary march through Georgia and the Carolinas forced the nation to reckon with a century of injustice. This social history also reveals the roles of women and African Americans who took active roles in the military campaign as soldiers, builders, and activists. A New York Times Bestselling Historian Sheds New Light On Sherman’s Epic “march To The Sea,” Especially The Soldiers, Doctors, Nurses, And Civilians Who Would Change The Nation For The Better. America In The Antebellum Years Was A Deeply Troubled Country, Divided By Partisan Gridlock And Ideological Warfare, Angry Voices In The Streets And The Statehouses, Furious Clashes Over Race And Immigration, And A Growing Chasm Between Immense Wealth And Desperate Poverty. The Civil War That Followed Brought America To The Brink Of Self-destruction. But It Also Created A New Country From The Ruins Of The Old One—bolder And Stronger Than Ever. No Event In The War Was More Destructive, Or More Important, Than William Sherman’s Legendary March Through Georgia—crippling The Heart Of The South’s Economy, Freeing Thousands Of Slaves, And Marking The Beginning Of A New Era. This Invasion Not Only Quelled The Confederate Forces, But Transformed America, Forcing It To Reckon With A Century Of Injustice. Dickey Reveals The Story Of Women Actively Involved In The Military Campaign And Later, In Civilian Net- Works. African Americans Took Active Roles As Soldiers, Builders, And Activists. Rich With Despair And Hope, Brutality And Compassion, Rising In Flames Tells The Dramatic Story Of The Union’s Invasion Of The Confederacy, And How This Colossal Struggle Helped Create A New Nation From The Embers Of The Old South. We know the facts of Mary Shelley's life in some detail'the death of her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, within days of her birth; the upbringing in the house of her father, William Godwin, in a house full of radical thinkers, poets, philosophers, and writers; her elopement, at the age of seventeen, with Percy Shelley; the years of peripatetic travel across Europe that followed. But there has been no literary biography written this century, and previous books have ignored the real person'what she actually thought and felt and why she did what she did'despite the fact that Mary and her group of second-generation Romantics were extremely interested in the psychological aspect of life. In this probing narrative, Fiona Sampson pursues Mary Shelley through her turbulent life, much as Victor Frankenstein tracked his monster across the arctic wastes. Sampson has written a book that finally answers the question of how it was that a nineteen-year-old came to write a novel so dark, mysterious, anguished, and psychologically astute that it continues to resonate two centuries later. No previous biographer has ever truly considered this question, let alone answered it Two armies in Washington -- . - The western edge -- . - Tip of the sword -- . - Echoes of Chickamauga -- . - Three views of Chattanooga -- . - Heroes in the field -- . - Damn your officers -- . - The wheel -- . - The anvil -- . - Shadowy territory -- . - Comrades in dirt -- . - All around them light as day -- . - Yell like the devil -- . - Sentinels -- . - Fire and sword -- . - To Raleigh -- . - The Grand Review -- . - The fires to come. Dickey shares new perspectives into Sherman's epic March to the Sea. He profiles the heated divides of the antebellum years, and how Sherman's legendary march through Georgia and the Carolinas forced the nation to reckon with a century of injustice. This social history also reveals the roles of women and African Americans who took active roles in the military campaign as soldiers, builders, and activists.--Adapted from jacket. Introduction : two armies in Washington Home front. The western edge ; Tip of the sword Invasion. Echoes of Chickamauga ; Three views of Chattanooga ; Heroes in the field ; Damn your officers ; The wheel ; The anvil ; Shadowy territory ; Comrades in dirt ; All around them light as day ; Yell like the devil Reckoning. Sentinels ; Fire and sword ; To Raleigh Legacy. The Grand Review ; The fires to come. Shares new perspectives into Sherman's epic March to the Sea, profiling the heated divides of the antebellum years and how the march forced the nation to reckon with a century of injustice