“The real war will never get in the books.”
— Walt Whitman, Specimen Days
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Chris Mackowski: “Gods and Generals: A Conversation with Jeff Shaara“—Web Exclusive
Stephen Davis: “The Delicious If: MacKinlay Kantor’s If the South Had Won the Civil War and Alternative History“—Web Exclusive
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ECW Posts about Specific Works of Civil War-Related Literature:
- Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering by Chris Mackowski
- The Battle of the Crater by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen by Chris Mackowski
- A beautiful, despairing journey with a Coal Black Horse by Chris Mackowski
- Harry Turtledove, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and the Beatles (Fort Pillow) by Stephen Davis
- Robert Penn Warren’s Reflections on Jefferson Davis’s Citizenship (“Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back”) by Chris Mackowski
- Robert Penn Warren, Jefferson Davis, and the Construction of a Monument (“Jefferson Davis Gets His Citizenship Back”) by Chris Mackowski
- Warren’s Legacy still asks urgent questions (“The Legacy of the Civil War”) by Chris Mackowski
- Thoughts on “Madame Castel’s Lodger” by Sean Michael Chick
- On The March with E. L. Doctorow by Chris Mackowski
- Breaking Down the “Truths” of The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant by Nick Sacco
- “Six Days in September”: Author Alexander Rossino Adds His Voice by Meg Groeling
- Stephen Crane’s “Veteran” by Chris Mackowski
- Wilderness by Lance Weller by Chris Mackowski
- Reading and Re-Reading Some Civil War Fiction by Chris Mackowski (Darkness at Chancellorsville by Ralph Peters; Gettysburg: An Alternate History by Peter Tsouras; Wilderness by Lance Weller; Coal Black Horse by Robert Olmstead)
ECW Posts about Shelby Foote:
- Thoughts on Shelby Foote’s “Narrative” by Chris Mackowski
- Happy 100th Birthday, Shelby Foote by Chris Mackowski
- Shelby Foote as the Angel of Death by Chris Mackowski
- A Quick Writing Lesson with Foote and Faulkner by Chris Mackowski
ECW Posts about Gone with the Wind:
- Gettysburg Meets Gone With The Wind, Part 1 by Sarah Kay Bierle
- Gettysburg Meets Gone With The Wind, Part 2 by Sarah Kay Bierle
- Turning Points: Gone With The Wind by Sarah Key Bierle
ECW Posts about The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead:
- The Underground Railroad Offers a Harrowing Journey through American Race Relations by Chris Mackowski
- Underground Railroad Wins the National Book Award by Chris Mackowski
- Underground Railroad Wins Pulitzer in Fiction by Chris Mackowski
ECW Posts about Alternative Fiction:
- Robert E. Lee and The Guns of the South: 1992 vs. 2019 by Sean Chick
- Stonewall Goes West by R. E. Thomas by Chris Mackowski
- Superman in the Civil War by Chris Mackowski
ECW Posts about General Topics Related to Civil War literature:
- American Oracle and the dangers of political fanaticism by Chris Mackowski (David Blight’s book dealing with James Baldwin, Bruce Catton, Robert Penn Warren, and Edmund Wilson)
- A Civil War Little Free Library by Meg Groeling
- Jim Lehrer’s Certain Rest by Chris Mackowski
- Now the Drum of War—and an Interview with the Author by Rob Couteau (about Walt Whitman)
- A Place for Historical Fiction: Savas Beatie Tests the Waters by Meg Groeling
The “Engaging the Civil War” Series is published by Southern Illinois University Press
in collaboration with Emerging Civil War.
