{"product_id":"9781938604348","title":"The Copperhead: Novella and Movie Screenplay","description":"\u003cp\u003eBill Kauffman has adapted Harold Frederic's novella (originally serialized in \u003ci\u003eScribner's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e) into a screenplay for Ronald F. Maxwell's Civil War era movie which is also to be released in the spring of 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Copperhead\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatically intense story set in New York State in 1862 and 1863 and it's about the price of dissent, the cost of dissent. \"Copperhead\" was the extremely derisive term used to insult those Northerners who were opposed to the war. It was a big movement in the North. They wanted to end the war, and this book (and related film) explores the anti-war movement in the North through the conflict of one family in one town. It's a work of fiction, but it is based on real events. \u003ci\u003eThe Copperhead\u003c\/i\u003e explores ground that has not been explored at all in screenplay or cinema—these people were politically opposed to war—which ties the book and movie to our current situation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Kauffman\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine books, among them \u003ci\u003eDispatches from the Muckdog Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAin't My America\u003c\/i\u003e. He was born in Batavia, New York, and currently resides in Elba, New York, with his wife and daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHarold Frederic\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Damnation of Theron Ware\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eGloria Mundi\u003c\/i\u003e. Jonathan Yardley called \u003ci\u003eDamnation\u003c\/i\u003e \"a minor classic of realism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRonald F. Maxwell\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent film director and writer. He is most famous for writing and directing the American Civil War epics \u003ci\u003eGettysburg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGods and Generals\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dzanc Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47033799475440,"sku":"9781938604348","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938604348_p0.jpg?v=1763663987","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938604348","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}