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  • The Bonfire

  • The Siege and Burning of Atlanta
  • Written by: Marc Wortman
  • Narrated by: Anthony Heald
  • Length: 16 hrs
  • 2.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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The Bonfire

Written by: Marc Wortman
Narrated by: Anthony Heald
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Publisher's 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.
©2009 Marc Wortman (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
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  • Categories: History
Wars & Conflicts United States
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"The Bonfire is a tour de force of American Civil War history...." (Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize - winning author)
"The Bonfire stands out for its focus on the experience of Atlantans themselves. Marc Wortman's vivid narrative proves that war is indeed hell." (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era)

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My first disappointment a year into Audibles. No were near to telling the story of Atlanta. Narration is very disrespectful to people of the south.

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