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the most challenging read I've yet undertaken, It is clear that Slotkin loves his characters to an extreme degree, and is unable to help himself indulging heavily in each of their lengthy backstories.
This book was good, but atfewer pages could've been great, The best "historical novel" evera brilliant and moving book by a top historian, Read this! Enthralling historical novel, A challenging read but very much worth the effort, Slotkin weaves actual telegraph messages, letters and orders from the generals and soldiers fighting the Battle of Petersberg Crater into a narrative that stuck with me for a long time after I finished it.
One of the best books I've read in awhile, this comprehensive account of one of the many unfortunate episodes in the American Civil War is far more than just the story of a disastrous assault by the North.
At the time, the Union tunnel under rebel defenses was the longest mine in the history of warfare and the chapters that detail the digging of the mine, the countermining by the secessionists, and the horrors of the explosion are informative, exciting, and appalling.
The other threads here the selfserving incompetence of commanders, the weight of history on Lincoln and other leaders, and especially the US' stillragingtoday battle against endemic racism take the book to a level of literature found in the best works of fiction.
I was especially struck by the interwoven passages set among the Black troops at the site of the siege and a general attending a minstrel show in Washington DC, understated and eloquent pictures of a North less brutal than the South but equally clueless about the meaning of equality and human dignity.


Highly recommended. Stephen King recommended. 'The best account I have ever read of this 'saddest affair' is Richard Slotkin's novel, And The Crater is more than a battle narrative superb though it is in that respect, It is good social history, . . Its republication offers a new generation of readers more than a vivid story it will give them new insight into the meaning of America.
' from the Foreward by James M, McPherson, Pulitzer PrizeWinning Historian. Richard Slotkin is a cultural critic, historian, and novelist, He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and inwas elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Slotkin graduated from Brooklyn College, received his Ph, D. in American Civilization from Brown University and started teaching at Wesleyan University in, During his time at Wesleyan he helped to establish both the American studies and the film studies programs, Slotkin has won several awards in recognition of his contributions to the field of American studies, He currently lives in Connecticut, where he continues to write and consult on projects dealing with violence, popular culture and W Richard Slotkin is a cultural critic, historian, and novelist.
He is the Olin Professor of English and American Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT, and inwas elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Slotkin graduated from Brooklyn College, received his Ph, D. in American Civilization from Brown University and started teaching at Wesleyan University in, During his time at Wesleyan he helped to establish both the American studies and the film studies programs, Slotkin has won several awards in recognition of his contributions to the field of American studies, He currently lives in Connecticut, where he continues to write and consult on projects dealing with violence, popular culture and Western America.
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