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1. • • In The March, novelist E.L. Doctorow applies his distinctive approach to historical fiction to events of the Civil War -- especially Gen. William T. Sherman's decisive, destructive assault on Georgia. Sherman is a key character. Others include a freed slave girl named Pearl, two rank-and-file soldiers and a Union surgeon.
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   What book is the March about?

   • We’re just getting started. Add this title to our requested Study Guides list! The March, by E.L. Doctorow, is a 2005 historical fiction novel about General Sherman and his march through the South near the end of the American Civil War.

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   How does Doctorow tell the story?

   • Doctorow tells the story through multiple small vignettes from a multitude of characters, all of whom revolve in some way around Sherman and the strategic decisions he makes. The novel comes near the end of Doctorow’s celebrated career as a writer of historical fiction.

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   How does Doctorow develop his characters?

   • These differing reactions become one of the ways in which Doctorow develops his characters. For example, Father cannot abide by the changes he faces upon his return from his expedition. Father becomes depressed by his feelings of alienation from his family and from the ways of the new century.

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   Why is Doctorow considered a great American novelist?

   • Critics, editors, and librarians alike have called Doctorow one of the most significant American novelists of the 20th century. The book opens in late 1864 to a scene demonstrating Sherman’s “total war” strategy that targeted Southern plantations and entire cities as well as Confederate soldiers on the battlefield.

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   The March, by E.L. Doctorow, is a 2005 historical fiction novel about General Sherman and his march through the South near the end of the American Civil War. Doctorow tells the story through multiple small vignettes from a multitude of characters, all of whom revolve in some way around Sherman and the strategic decisions he makes.

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   Find all available study guides and summaries for The March by E. L. Doctorow. If there is a SparkNotes, Shmoop, or Cliff Notes guide, we will have it listed here.

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   A short summary of E. L. Doctorow's Ragtime. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Ragtime.

   • Author: E. L. Doctorow

   • Publish Year: 1975

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   The March. E.L. Doctorow, 2005. Random House. 384 pp. ISBN-13: 9780812976151. Summary. In 1864, after Union general William Tecumseh Sherman burned Atlanta, he marched his sixty thousand troops east through Georgia to the sea, and then up into the Carolinas.

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   "The March" by E.L. Doctorow is a historical fiction novel that takes place during the American Civil War. The story follows the lives of various characters, both real and fictional, as they navigate the chaos and upheaval of war.

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   E.L. Doctorow addresses several major societal changes in turn-of-the-century America in his novel Ragtime. He conveys the effects of these changes through the reactions of the characters. Some characters welcome and accept change, while other reject and struggle with it.

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   Oct 18, 2005 · Alan Cheuse reviews E. L. Doctorow's latest novel, The March. It chronicles Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman's devastating march through Georgia and the Carolinas during the Civil War.