Product Description: "London Bridge in Plague and Fire is a brilliant cleaving of historical fact and Blakeian imagination. David Madden has written his masterpiece." -Ron Rash, author of Serena "David Madden's London Bridge is a the spellbinding story of the life and times of a world icon...read more

Product Description: This unique collection of writings by the celebrated author David Madden provides a multitude of reflections on the Civil War and Reconstruction, from nonfiction to fiction. Included are Madden’s examination of key works by historians James McPherson and Fletcher Pratt, the story of the effort to simultaneously burn nine bridges by nine unionist guerrilla bands in the most complicated and coordinated guerrilla tactic of the war, and rediscoveries of both classic and contemporary works of Civil War fiction from William Faulkner, Joseph Stanley Pennell, and more...read more

Originally published in 1892, Loss of the Sultana and Reminiscences of Survivorsis a collection of first-hand accounts by those who lived to tell the story of perhapsthe worst maritime disaster in U.S. history.On the Mississippi River just above Memphis at two o?clock on the morning of April27, 1865, the steamboat Sultana, carrying over 2,400 passengers (it was licensed to carry only 356), exploded and sank. Over 1,700 people perished.Most of the passengers were Union soldiers recently released from Confederateprisons. Many were from East Tennessee. They had boarded at Vicksburg, where thelongest siege of the war had finally ended in Confederate surrender, ending theVicksburg campaign.The soldiers, homeward bound from Andersonville and Cahaba Confederate prisons,had survived the terrors of battle, the loss of close comrades, physical and psychological wounds, the risky confinement of hospital, the humiliation of capture andsurrender, escape and recapture, homesickness, boredom, the daily threat of death bystarvation, disease, suicide, robbery, injury, or death by raiders.Chester D. Berry?one of the survivors?compiled facts, records, and personalaccounts of other survivors, resulting in this compelling and profound testimony to thehuman spirit in the face of tragedy.

Defines, discusses and illustrates all types of novels and novelistic techniques, then analyzes more closely ten representative novels including The Stranger, The Sun Also Rises, and Wuthering Heights

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Product Description: Save money with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: POCKETFUL OF POEMS, VOLUME II! An inexpensive alternative to the more expensive anthologies, this slim volume contains over 100 of the most familiar and most taught poems, arranged alphabetically...read more

Product Description: A POCKETFUL OF PLAYS: VINTAGE DRAMA contains nine plays: Sophocles' ANTIGONE, William Shakespeare's OTHELLO, August Strindberg's MISS JULIE (one act), Anton Chekhov's THE CHERRY ORCHARD, Edward Albee's THE SANDBOX (one act), Sam Shepard's TRUE WEST, Wendy Wasserstein's TENDER OFFER (one act), Milcha Sanchez Scott's THE CUBAN SWIMMER, and Jane Martin's BEAUTY (one act)...read more

As with two prose anthologies that launched the Pocketful series, A Pocketful of Poems: Vintage Verse is aimed at satisfying the need for a concise, quality collection that students will find inexpensive sand that instructors will enjoy teaching. The reception of this series has supported the original assumption that students and teachers would welcome an innovative alternative to huge anthologies, which are rarely used entirely, tend to be too bulky to carry and to handle in class. Containing 125 poems, this affordable companion contains some of the most commonly studied works in classes around the country.

Product Description: Save money with CENGAGE ADVANTAGE BOOKS: POCKETFUL OF PROSE: VINTAGE SHORT FICTION, VOLUME II, REVISED EDITION! An inexpensive alternative to the more expensive anthologies, this slim volume contains only the essentials of the most familiar and most taught favorites...read more

A collection of short fiction includes Mona Simpson's 'I Am Here to Tell You It Can Be Done,' Richard Bausch's 'The Man Who Knew Belle Starr,' and 'Personal Testimony' by Lynna Williams.

Product Description: This balanced, critical study reevaluates the place and importance of Civil War fiction in American literary history.American literary history. The American Civil War is widely recognized as the single most defining event in U.S. history, a time of tragic upheaval that greatly influenced the character of the nation and helped to chart its course for generations afterward...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)