The March
by:
E.L. Doctorow (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780812965964 (0812965965)
Publisher: Random House Trade
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Military,
American History,
Military History,
Civil War,
American Civil War
If you have a palate for Civil War historical fiction, you won’t find a more engaging read.
Although it is not an overly lengthy novel, Doctorow paints a very wide palette. It may be too wide. His cast of characters is broad, including the mandatory historical personalities. Most prominent among these is William Tecumsah Sherman (“Uncle Billy” to his troops), of the eponymous March. Pearl ...