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Description:“The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War,” by award winning author, Lisa G. Samia. This unique book is a collection of 28 poems and 28 essays along with historical photos, sketches, and quotes dedicated to the lost and forgotten of the Civil War. Selections were awarded FINALIST for the Artist in Residence Program with the National Parks Arts Foundation Gettysburg Poetry 2018. Each poem is a narrative told from an imagined civilian or soldier lost to history, who is witnessing and experiencing some event during the Civil War. The corresponding essays provide factual historic accounts along with Lisa’s personal thoughts and feelings, her inspirations for the poem.Here we witness heart-rending moments like The Battle of Shiloh as seen through the eyes of a soldier, empathize with the deep latent sadness in the face of President Lincoln, or stand on the front porch of Garrett’s Farm on the day John Wilkes Booth dies. The combined creative result of rhyme, historical photos, and informational essays brings forth these voices, giving those lost and forgotten souls a chance to be heard, to tell their story and live again. Includes original sketch artwork "Bundle of Twigs" and "Unknown Confederate Soldier" drawn exclusively for this collection by artist, Shannon A. Reedy. The "Bundle of Twigs" icon is used to symbolize the hardships and suffering of the Civil War. The sketch "The Unknown Confederate Soldier" is of the headstones amassed at the Springwood Cemetery in Greenville, S.C.The inspiration of the collection comes from the very first poem and essay on Michael Dougherty of the 13th Pennsylvania Calvary who kept a diary while he was captured and imprisoned in several Confederate prisons such as Pemberton, Barrett's, Libby, Belle Island and finally served the duration of his sentence at Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia.Over the course of the 23 months and 17 days he was confined to prison, his diary chronicles his confinement at Andersonville, making the horror of this death camp come to life. Overcrowding, starvation, madness and sickness were prevalent throughout the prison. And it was Michael's daily written count of men who were dead or dying, stating them as numbers without names or faces, that the inspiration for this collection was brought forth.What of all of those thousands of soldiers, who were they? History tells us that after the Civil War many of these soldiers were eventually identified, yet what became of the ones who were not? And what about the civilians of the Civil War, those who starved to death, fell to disease or simply died of a broken heart? What became of them?Most of the poems and essays in this collection are based upon actual historical facts about a person or an event of the war. The narrator in each poem is an imagined civilian or soldier who was lost to history, yet through this creative venue is telling their story of what is was like to be at Shiloh, or be tended to by Louisa May Alcott, or watch John Wilkes Booth die on the front porch of the Garrett farm on April 26, 1865.The corresponding essays are the factual representation as provided by history, along with my thoughts and feelings. The result of the combination of the narration with rhyme of the poem and the historical reference of the essay brings forth these voices and gives those lost and forgotten souls a chance to be heard, to tell their story and live again.Lisa G. Samia is an award winner poet, author and speaker who loves American History. She was honored with the award of FINALIST for the Artist in Residence Program from the National Parks Arts Foundation Gettysburg Poetry 2018. She is the author of the historical fiction, "My Name is John Singer," an imagined account of John Wilkes Booth. Her contemporary romantic poetry collection, "The Man with the Ice Blue Eyes" debuted #1 in Women's Poetry on Amazon. She has also appeared as a guest speaker at the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, MD and the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in English and has appeared on local television multiple times for her writing. A Boston native, she is happily married and lives in Avon, CT.www.LisaSamia.comwww.DestinyNovels.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War, A Collection of Poems and Essays. To get started finding The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War, A Collection of Poems and Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 128

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Destiny Whispers Publishing, LLC

Release: 2018

ISBN: 1943504318

Description: “The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War,” by award winning author, Lisa G. Samia. This unique book is a collection of 28 poems and 28 essays along with historical photos, sketches, and quotes dedicated to the lost and forgotten of the Civil War. Selections were awarded FINALIST for the Artist in Residence Program with the National Parks Arts Foundation Gettysburg Poetry 2018. Each poem is a narrative told from an imagined civilian or soldier lost to history, who is witnessing and experiencing some event during the Civil War. The corresponding essays provide factual historic accounts along with Lisa’s personal thoughts and feelings, her inspirations for the poem.Here we witness heart-rending moments like The Battle of Shiloh as seen through the eyes of a soldier, empathize with the deep latent sadness in the face of President Lincoln, or stand on the front porch of Garrett’s Farm on the day John Wilkes Booth dies. The combined creative result of rhyme, historical photos, and informational essays brings forth these voices, giving those lost and forgotten souls a chance to be heard, to tell their story and live again. Includes original sketch artwork "Bundle of Twigs" and "Unknown Confederate Soldier" drawn exclusively for this collection by artist, Shannon A. Reedy. The "Bundle of Twigs" icon is used to symbolize the hardships and suffering of the Civil War. The sketch "The Unknown Confederate Soldier" is of the headstones amassed at the Springwood Cemetery in Greenville, S.C.The inspiration of the collection comes from the very first poem and essay on Michael Dougherty of the 13th Pennsylvania Calvary who kept a diary while he was captured and imprisoned in several Confederate prisons such as Pemberton, Barrett's, Libby, Belle Island and finally served the duration of his sentence at Andersonville Prison in Andersonville, Georgia.Over the course of the 23 months and 17 days he was confined to prison, his diary chronicles his confinement at Andersonville, making the horror of this death camp come to life. Overcrowding, starvation, madness and sickness were prevalent throughout the prison. And it was Michael's daily written count of men who were dead or dying, stating them as numbers without names or faces, that the inspiration for this collection was brought forth.What of all of those thousands of soldiers, who were they? History tells us that after the Civil War many of these soldiers were eventually identified, yet what became of the ones who were not? And what about the civilians of the Civil War, those who starved to death, fell to disease or simply died of a broken heart? What became of them?Most of the poems and essays in this collection are based upon actual historical facts about a person or an event of the war. The narrator in each poem is an imagined civilian or soldier who was lost to history, yet through this creative venue is telling their story of what is was like to be at Shiloh, or be tended to by Louisa May Alcott, or watch John Wilkes Booth die on the front porch of the Garrett farm on April 26, 1865.The corresponding essays are the factual representation as provided by history, along with my thoughts and feelings. The result of the combination of the narration with rhyme of the poem and the historical reference of the essay brings forth these voices and gives those lost and forgotten souls a chance to be heard, to tell their story and live again.Lisa G. Samia is an award winner poet, author and speaker who loves American History. She was honored with the award of FINALIST for the Artist in Residence Program from the National Parks Arts Foundation Gettysburg Poetry 2018. She is the author of the historical fiction, "My Name is John Singer," an imagined account of John Wilkes Booth. Her contemporary romantic poetry collection, "The Man with the Ice Blue Eyes" debuted #1 in Women's Poetry on Amazon. She has also appeared as a guest speaker at the Poe House and Museum in Baltimore, MD and the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia.She graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in English and has appeared on local television multiple times for her writing. A Boston native, she is happily married and lives in Avon, CT.www.LisaSamia.comwww.DestinyNovels.comWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War, A Collection of Poems and Essays. To get started finding The Nameless and the Faceless of the Civil War, A Collection of Poems and Essays, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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