Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War

Front Cover
Macmillan, May 13, 2008 - Fiction - 342 pages

An explosive novel of the Civil War about one man’s escape from a notorious Confederate prison camp---and his dramatic return to save his men.

July 1864. Union officer Nathan Parker has been imprisoned at nightmarish Andersonville prison camp in Georgia along with his soldiers. As others die around them, Nathan and his men hatch a daring plan to allow him to escape through a tunnel and make his way to Vicksburg, where he intends to alert his superiors to the imprisonment and push for military action. His efforts are blocked by higher-ups in the military, so Parker takes matters into his own hands. Together with a shady, dangerous ex-soldier and smuggler named Marcel Lafarge and a fascinating collection of cutthroats, soldiers, and castoffs, a desperate Parker organizes a private rescue mission to free his men before it’s too late.

Exciting, thoroughly researched, and dramatic, Escape from Andersonville is a Civil War novel filled with action, memorable characters, and vividly realized descriptions of the war’s final year.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Section 1
1
Section 2
14
Section 3
27
Section 4
33
Section 5
45
Section 6
53
Section 7
62
Section 8
73
Section 19
173
Section 20
181
Section 21
193
Section 22
202
Section 23
225
Section 24
229
Section 25
239
Section 26
252

Section 9
82
Section 10
90
Section 11
95
Section 12
110
Section 13
115
Section 14
124
Section 15
129
Section 16
139
Section 17
152
Section 18
158
Section 27
263
Section 28
270
Section 29
283
Section 30
299
Section 31
306
Section 32
322
Section 33
327
Section 34
341
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

About the author (2008)

Daniel Lenihan is one of the world's leading underwater archaeologists. He has spent 24 years as founder & head of the elite, award-winning Submerged Cultural Resources Unit (SCRU) team of the U.S. National Park Service.

Bibliographic information