A literary great takes on the Civil War
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Author E.L. Doctorow has won several awards, including the National Book Award, for his writing.
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He's written about turn-of-the-century America and the McCarthy era. In this novel, E.L. Doctorow explores the human cost of the Civil War and Sherman's destructive march to the sea.
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