About the Author

Mark Christ is community outreach director for the Arkansas Preservation Program and lives in Little Rock, Arkansas. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas (University of Arkansas Press) and The Die Is Cast: Arkansas Goes to War, 1861.

Reviews

"...the book is a successful marriage between academic concerns and popular desires. The book is gracefully written, informative in most areas of concerns to scholars, and competently researched and documented. It will be welcomed by both the general public and by Civil War historians."
--James L. Huston, Civil War History, June 1996

"Civil War books in these days . . . clutter the market, and one must be discriminating. Among welcomed new titles is Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in Arkansas, edited by Mark K. Christ. Featuring an introduction and essays by five of Arkansas's distinguished historians, this book provides an overview of Arkansans and Arkansas in the Civil War in the period b 1860-1865 second to none. Rugged and Sublime will be the standard for excellence against which future books of this character will be measured."
--Edwin C. Bears, Former Chief Historian, National Park Service

"Rugged and Sublime is an excellent introduction to the Civil War in Arkansas, and the accompanying maps and appendix should assist anyone in touring the important historic sites connected with the war in the state. The editor and writers have produced a readable narrative and a balanced account of the impact of the war in Arkansas. one cannot read this volume without sensing the terrible duality of a war where unflinching courage and sacrifice exist alongside ineptitude, greed, and evil."
--Bobby Roberts, Arkansas Historical Quarterly