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Andersonville Offers Wonderful Writing Amidst Horrific Suffering

Posted on April 27, 2017 by Chris Mackowski

Every so often as we read, we writers run into a sentence that is so spot-on perfect that we say, “Damn, I wish I’d written that.” Such writer-envy is not uncommon, and at its heart, it springs from a deep … Continue reading →

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Favorite Childhood Civil War Books

Posted on March 15, 2016 by Steve Davis

We all have a favorite Civil War book which we read, and re-read, as a kid, which probably turned us on to the War as much as anything else. Well, one of my favorites, checked out of the Margaret Mitchell Elementary School … Continue reading →

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