Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Hiram's Honor and Hiram's Hope at Marion Library, Marion, Ks
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On March 17, 2015 I presented a reading and map of events in Hiram's Honor and Hiram's Hope to a group of about 20 at Marion Library in Marion, Kansas. Questions centered on the life of the common Civil War soldier,Andersonville, Civil War ancestors, and writing-storytelling styles. Signed and personalized copies of books were provided for donations to the library.
After surviving long marches, low morale, and horrific battles, the Confederates swarm over his regiment at Gettysburg on the first day of the great battle. Now a prisoner, he faces a grueling death march south with a defeated, angry Rebel army. Worse, a grinding, lice-ridden death by starvation awaits him at Richmond's Belle Island and later, the infamous Andersonville. How did he survive? http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B001HPJGH0 maxt@tabor.edu
Reading of Hiram's Andersonville experience. Very powerful, especially in view of current tendencies to forget the cost paid by so many for our freedom.
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