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Review �This brilliantly told account of the final year of the Civil War brings to life the vivid personalities who struggled for control of America�s destiny. At once sweeping and intimate, Hymns of the Republic is a masterwork of history.� �Lawrence Wright,�author of God Save Texas� �With Hymns of the Republic, acclaimed author S. C. Gwynne brings the final year of the Civil War to life in the fashion of literary giants Shelby Foote and Bruce Catton. In gripping and poignant prose, Gwynne synthesizes the myriad tragic events into a compelling tale of epic scale. Writing with compassion and rare insight, he also offers vigorous and deeply human portrayals of Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Sherman and less familiar figures whose actions determined the trajectory of the war�s brutal last year. Unquestionably, Hymns of the Republic is one of the most stirring Civil War books to appear in years.���Peter Cozzens, author of The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West�and�Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson�s Valley Campaign � �With�Hymns of the Republic,�S.C. Gwynne has found the unthinkable: A fresh take on the Civil War. By compressing the narrative into the conflict's fraught and frantic last year, Gwynne breathes new life into a tale we thought we knew. Gwynne's carefully interwoven stories build upon each other like a Greek tragedy. Here, in vivid, muscular language, is the final unraveling of our most uncivil war.� �Hampton Sides, bestselling author of�Ghost Soldiers�and�On Desperate Ground � �S.C. Gwynne's riveting book,�Hymns of the Republic, finally made me realize that one cannot fully understand America without understanding the American Civil War. Gwynne's work is deeply researched and yet written like the best kind of fiction...it stopped me in my tracks. Gwynne has to be one of the very best writers working today.� �Sebastian Junger, author of�Tribe�and�The Perfect Storm�Gwynne excels in tightly focused storytelling �[t]his is a must-read for Civil War enthusiasts.� �Publishers Weekly �Engrossing�.A riveting Civil War history giving politics and combat equal attention.� �Kirkus, starred review �[Creating] suspense in recounting familiar events marks real talent in a historian; covering in detail events of the Civil War�s final year and giving his readers a real sense of wonder, even thrill. In vivid, bloody prose, [Gwynne] lays out the landscapes of the war�s culminating battles, not sparing the reader the gut punch of inhuman horror such slaughter creates.� �Booklist, starred review�The acclaimed author of�Empire of the�Summer Moon�and�Rebel Yell�drills�down on the agonizingly slow,�murderous crawl that was the last year�of the Civil War. At this point in the�conflict, all thoughts of the romance of�war had been washed away by rivers of�blood, leaving the players�Grant, Lee,�Sherman, Lincoln, and, surprisingly but�fittingly, Clara Barton�exposed and�etched like the figures in a Greek�tragedy.� �The�Daily Beast Read more About the Author S.C. Gwynne�is the author of Hymns of the Republic and the New York Times bestsellers Rebel Yell and Empire of the Summer Moon, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He spent most of his career as a journalist, including stints with Time as bureau chief, national correspondent, and senior editor, and with Texas Monthly as executive editor. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife. Read more See all Editorial Reviews
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