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In his latest novel, E.L. Doctorow explores the American Civil War, spcifically the march of General W.T. Sherman and his army through Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina in 1864 --1865. Sherman's march is generally regarded by historians as the predecessor of modern total war.
Jul 22, 2015 · Doctorow used fiction to explore history — from Gen. Sherman's March to the Sea during the Civil War, in The March, to the tumult at the turn of the 20th century, in Ragtime, and the Cold War ...
Jul 22, 2015 · E.L. Doctorow, an author beloved for his works of historical fiction including "Ragtime," "World's Fair," "Billy Bathgate" and "The March," died Tuesday of complications from lung cancer.
Nov 3, 2020 · The March. In 2005 award-winning author, E.L. Doctorow, released a book that handled one of the more controversial aspects of the Civil War. In The March, Doctorow addresses General William Tecumseh Sherman’s strategic foray across the south designed to gut the Confederacy and destroy its citizen’s willingness to wage war.
Other articles where The March is discussed: E.L. Doctorow: The March (2005) follows a fictionalized version of the Union general William Tecumseh Sherman on his infamously destructive trek through Georgia, aimed at weakening the Confederate economy, during the American Civil War. Doctorow trained his sights on historical figures of less eminence in Homer and…
Sep 28, 2005 · 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 ...
The March Quotes. “Emily supposed the modern world was fortunate in the progress of science. But she could not help but feel at this moment the impropriety of male invasiveness. She knew he was working to save this poor woman, but in her mind, too, was a sense of Wrede's science as adding to the abuse committed by his fellow soldiers.
