{"product_id":"9781555847845","title":"Shrouds of Glory: From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize–nominated author of \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump\u003c\/i\u003e examines Confederate general John Bell Hood’s fateful maneuvers in the final moments of the Civil War.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eShrouds of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, acclaimed novelist and historian Winston Groom introduces readers to the courageous but reckless Hood, prematurely thrust into the spotlight by a combination of destiny and fate. Witness the unlikely rise of this young Confederate, who graduated forty-fourth out of a class of fifty-two at West Point, as he overcomes the nearly fatal amputation of his shattered leg and eventually devises a strategy to turn the tide of the war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Weaving together eyewitness accounts, journal entries, military communiqués, and newspaper headlines, Groom recreates the war from the charged battlefields to the general’s tent where Grant, Sherman, Lee, and others plotted their unorthodox strategies. He paints vivid portraits of the major players in the conflict, revealing the character, the faults, the emotions, and most of all the doubts that molded the course of the war.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Storytelling with energy, surprise, freshness, power, and yes, art.” —\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Meticulously reconstructed . . . shows us the war in all its savagery.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “An excellent introduction into a complex campaign.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133442113776,"sku":"9781555847845","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781555847845_p0.jpg?v=1769899220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781555847845","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}