Making real people come alive to readers must be the Holy Grail of those who write historical fiction.
In this first of four volumes, the editors present a chorus of contemporary voices to give the reader an unusual portrait of the Civil War.
The Envoy is Alex Kershaw’s testimonial to Raul Wallenberg and his campaign to save the Jews of Hungary from extermination by Nazi Germany in 1944.
(Viking Press, May 4, 2010.
The Icarus Syndrome uses the Greek myth of Icarus to illustrate American foreign policy shortcomings following World War I, Vietnam, and Iraq.
Under the command of General Joe Johnston, the Army of Tennessee blocked Union General Sherman’s invasion of Georgia and his move toward Atlanta.
H. Donald Winkler has researched the lives of nineteen daring women who changed the outcome of Civil War battles.
(The Lyons Press, 2008)
