BILLY YANK AND JOHNNY REB

by Earl Schenck Miers ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 16, 1959

Earl Schenck Miers, author of Monkey, Shines, Touchdown Twins, and several adult books, writes here a panoramic exposition of the Civil War. Full in historical detail, this book has as its heroes, the North and South. Flexible as they are grand, Billy Yank and Johnny Reb emerge as forces rather than as personifications. The ardor of patriotism, the conviction in principle, the youthful fever to win are theirs as they take giant strides across the events of the war between the states, unhampered by trivial personality considerations. In the hands of a less skillful author, this device would de-animate the book. As it stands, it gains stature from the lack of detailed personification, the heroes freely ranging the sweep of history wherever their cause is at stake. A vigorous documentary, a drama of causes which is free from sentimentalization and which imbues this often treated subject with a new verve and excitement.

Pub Date: March 16, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Rand McNally

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1959

Categories: NONFICTION