Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey
By Peter Carlson
Read by Danny Campbell
10.16 Hours
• 05/28/2013
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During the Civil War, Albert Richardson and Junius Browne, correspondents for the New York Tribune, were captured at the Battle of Vicksburg. They spent 20 months in horrific prisons before escaping. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of t
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Summary
Summary
During the Civil War, Albert Richardson and Junius Browne, correspondents for the New York Tribune, were captured at the Battle of Vicksburg. They spent 20 months in horrific prisons before escaping. Their amazing, long-forgotten odyssey is one of tEditorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A rollicking story of imprisonment and escape…Carlson has
taken full advantage of abundant material to deliver a vivid chronicle of two
working Civil War reporters and their spectacular odyssey.” —Kirkus Reviews
“History as it really happened, not the tidy school book
version, and Peter Carlson tells it with the drive and verve of a truly gifted
narrator.” —David Von Drehle, author of Rise to Greatness
“Civil War buffs and
historians of journalism will revel in this thrilling tale of two raucous,
self-described ‘knights of the quill.’” —Publishers Weekly
“Grave, propulsive, heroic, and, not least, slyly comic…This
is a lost tale resurrected by a fine old newspaperman himself—and our hearts
are better for it.” —Paul Hendrickson, author of Hemingway’s Boat
“Peter Carlson is one of America’s greatest storytellers,
and this is his best story yet. Funny, thrilling, tragic, and impossible to put
down, . . . A beautifully written, wondrous book.” —David Finkel, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Good Soldiers
“Another irresistible story, engagingly told, from the pen
of irresistible and engaging storyteller Peter Carlson. As with the best of
non-fiction, it reads like a far-fetched novel.” —Christopher Buckley, author of Thank You for Smoking
“This absorbing story of two Northern war reporters who were
captured by the Confederates at Vicksburg, imprisoned for nineteen months, and
escaped two hundred miles to Union lines demonstrates that for the Civil War,
truth is indeed more thrilling than fiction.” —James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom
Author
Author Bio: Peter Carlson
Peter Carlson is a former journalist and feature writer for the Washington Post and People magazine. He is the author of Roughneck: The Life and Times of Big Bill Haywood and co-author—with Hunter S. Thompson and George Plimpton, among others—of The Gospel According to ESPN. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.
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| Available Formats : | Digital Download |
| Category: | Nonfiction/History |
| Runtime: | 10.16 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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