{"product_id":"9781594161278","title":"War Like the Thunderbolt: The Battle and Burning of Atlanta","description":"\u003cp\u003e“One of the finest Civil War books in years.”—\u003ci\u003eMobile Press-Register\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Excellent. . . . a memorable and moving portrait of a besieged city.”—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An absolute pleasure to read.”—\u003ci\u003eCivil War News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mr. Bonds correctly notes that recent revisionist historians have tried to play down or even deny Sherman’s role in the burning.”—\u003ci\u003eWinston Groom in the Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The freshness of the writing style, the pace of the story, and the handling of an entire campaign is as compelling as Bruce Catton’s landmark Army of the Potomac trilogy.”—\u003ci\u003eCivil War Librarian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Well-researched and well-written. . . . excellent character sketches. . . vivid and moving. . . . maps and diagrams of the battles are outstanding.”—\u003ci\u003eBowling Green Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Magnificent.”—\u003ci\u003eCivil War Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Russell S. Bonds has an impressive ability to combine combat narrative with shrewd analyses of commanders’ performances.”—\u003ci\u003eJames M. McPherson, author of Tried by War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Using his skills as both historian and storyteller, Russell S. Bonds has given us what might have seemed impossible—a fresh, new look back at Atlanta.”—\u003ci\u003eRobert Hicks, author of The Widow of the South\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of prose and research, the definitive history of the struggle for Atlanta during the Civil War, an episode immortalized by the novel \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Westholme Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036705931504,"sku":"9781594161278","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781594161278_p0.jpg?v=1763810671","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781594161278","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}