A PLUME BOOK
ANDERSONVILLE
MACKINLAY KANTOR was one of this country’s most distinguished authors. He wrote more than thirty books, including the original story for the Academy Award–winning film
“The best Civil War novel I have ever read, without any question. ”
—Bruce Catton, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian,
“A great book, perhaps the greatest of all Civil War novels. ”
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“Will give Civil War buffs their greatest hour since
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“Kantor’s finest . . . Its compelling and crucial moods of tragedy, suffering, and heroism . . . make it one of the most moving novels of our time. ”
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First published in the United States of America by The World Publishing Company 1955
Published by Plume, an imprint of Dutton Signet, a division of Penguin Books USA Inc. 1993
This edition published 2015
Copyright © 1955 by MacKinlay Kantor
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA
Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977
Andersonville / MacKinlay Kantor.
pages ; cm
ISBN 978-0-698-18822-8
1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Prisoners and prisons—Fiction. 2. Andersonville Prison—Fiction. 3. Andersonville (Ga. )—Fiction. 4. Prisoners of war—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3521. A47A7 2015
813'. 54—dc23
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Cover design and illustration: Jim Tierney
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CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
Chapter XXXVI
Chapter XXXVII
Chapter XXXVIII
Chapter XXXIX
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
Chapter XLII
Chapter XLIII
Chapter XLIV
Chapter XLV
Chapter XLVI
Chapter XLVII
Chapter XLVIII
Chapter XLIX
Chapter L
Chapter LI
Chapter LII
Chapter LIII
Chapter LIV
Chapter LV
Chapter LVI
Chapter LVII
Chapter LVIII
Chapter LIX