Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South Poetry_Gift_Guide In a forceful but humane

In a forceful but humane narrative

a timeless Southern fable of brotherly love and familial conflict—“a lyrical yet clear-eyed portrait of a rural South and an African American reality that are rarely depicted” (The Boston Globe)

From snow-crowned land to diamond-sparkling showrooms to a pristine island on the brink of war

and can prowl the edges of our stories too

Longstreet: The Confederate General Who Defied the South Poetry_Gift_Guide In a forceful but humaneWinner, American Battlefield Trust Prize for History Winner, Library of Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography A compelling portrait (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizewinning author) of the controversial Confederate general who later embraced Reconstruction and became an outcast in the South. It was the most remarkable political about face in American history. During the Civil War, General James