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Tag Archives: Robert Olmstead
Reading and Re-Reading Some Civil War Fiction
I recently reviewed Ralph Peters’ newest Civil War novel, Darkness at Chancellorsville, for Civil War Monitor (you can read that review here). It was an enjoyable read by an author with a gift for capturing the essence of a character … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Books & Authors, Civil War in Pop Culture, Engaging the Civil War Series
Tagged Civil War in Pop Culture, coal black horse, Darkness at Chancellorsville, ECW-Entertaining-History, fiction, Gettysburg: An Alternate History, Lance Weller, Peter Tsouras, pop culture, Ralph Peters, Robert Olmstead, Stephen King, The Stand, wilderness
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Telling History vs. Making Art: Fictions and Histories
Final part of a series “[H]istory and historical fiction,” says historian Paul Ashdown, “are alternate ways of telling stories about the past.”[1] In that context, Ulysses S. Grant spoke more truth than he realized when he said “Wars produce many … Continue reading
A beautiful, despairing journey with a coal-black horse
There’s a kind of myth-making happening in Robert Olmstead’s novel Coal Black Horse. Published in 2007, I had the chance this past week to journey with the horse once more, and it was a trip well worth taking. Set in … Continue reading
Posted in Books & Authors
Tagged book reviews, coal black horse, Gettysburg, Robert Olmstead
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