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Marc Wortman is the author of The Millionaires' Unit: The Aristocratic Flyboys Who Fought the Great War and Invented American Air Power, now in development as a feature film. An award-winning freelance writer, his work has appeared in numerous national magazines. He has taught literature and writing at Princeton University. He lives in New Haven with his wife, daughter, and son.
James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of
Freedom
"Next to Richmond, Atlanta was the most important Confederate city
by 1864. Its fall in September of that year signaled the beginning
of the end for the Confederacy. Among the many books about General
William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign, The Bonfire stands out for
its focus on the experience of Atlantans themselves. Marc Wortman's
vivid narrative proves that war is indeed hell."
James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Battle Cry of
Freedom"
"Next to Richmond, Atlanta was the most important Confederate city
by 1864. Its fall in September of that year signaled the beginning
of the end for the Confederacy. Among the many books about General
William T. Sherman's Atlanta campaign, "The Bonfire" stands out for
its focus on the experience of Atlantans themselves. Marc Wortman's
vivid narrative proves that war is indeed hell."
Debby Applegate, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Most Famous
Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher"
""The Bonfire" is a tour de force of American Civil War history,
with everything a reader could want: Extraordinary original
research, vivid prose and old-fashioned suspense.""Booklist"
"Wortman's very absorbing account of the Battle of Atlanta draws on
the perspectives of individuals on both sides of the conflict and
includes the story of the growth of Atlanta from a railroad
junction in the late 1830s to a village in the '40s to a major
metropolis by the time of the Civil War. That story is
fascinating.... Atlanta was awash with contradictions."Philip Lee
Williams, Michael Shaara Prize-winning author of "The Campfire
Boys"
"Prepare to luxuriate in gorgeous prose, first-rate scholarship,
and to discover page by page why Atlanta became the city it is
today.... This is one of the most important Civil War books in
years. It certainly is a book that anyone who wants to understand
the war or current-day Georgia or Atlanta simply "must"
own.""Washington City Paper"
"A chilling narrative.""Atlanta Journal-Constitution"
"From the lurid flames of "Gone with the Wind" to the phoenix on
the city seal, the fiery destruction of Atlanta during the Civil
War occupies a central place in the city's mythology. In "The
Bonfire," Marc Wortman goes beyond the legend to reveal a history
that is more complicated, but no less dramatic, than anything that
came from Margaret Mi
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