03427cam a2200385 4500 238779131 TxAuBib 20140809120000.0 ||||||s2005||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781483081731 1483081737 3f6ce023-1f15-4495-ba3b-51e73be5e4b7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9781982443955 61439 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Ransom, John. John Ransom's Diary [Bridges Audiobook] : Andersonville. Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2005. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 236MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 236MB. History. Union prisoner of war John Ransom filled several books with his accounts of life in Andersonville, where 13,000 prisoners died, and other Confederate prison camps. David Thorn reads those accounts with a genteel calmness, even when recounting the most horrible experiences--a stint on a brutal chain gang, the uncertainty of coping with illness, or the suspense of watching a prisoner play dead to make his escape. At times Ransom seems astonished to note that prisoners would kill for a ration of bread or amused by "wormy and musty" bean soup, which he imagines as coming from some cookbook's "new edition." Thorn's consistency helps tie together an account that, from circumstances, rambles at times but amply preserves a record of war's inhumanity. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine. AudioFile Magazine. HTML:<p>This book is an extraordinary day-to-day documentary of the Civil War's most infamous Confederate prison, Camp Sumter, better known as Andersonville. Here thirteen thousand wretched Union prisoners died within barely fourteen months, from starvation, scurvy, and other diseases that spread through the camp. There was little shelter but makeshift tents; little in the way of blankets, warm clothing, or even shoes; and a scarcity of food and fresh water. Often they were forced to sleep on the muddy ground in very crowded conditions.</p> <p>While the deplorable conditions bear witness to man's inhumanity to man, they also are witness to one man's undaunted spirit to survive to tell the dreadful tale—and tell it he did.</p>. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-06 14:05:02. Thorn, David. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=3f6ce023-1f15-4495-ba3b-51e73be5e4b7 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/061439-JohnRansomsDiary.wma Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/061439-JohnRansomsDiary.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3F6CE023-1F15-4495-BA3B-51E73BE5E4B7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-25/0887-1/061439-JohnRansomsDiary.wma Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/0887-1/061439-JohnRansomsDiary.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) http://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3F6CE023-1F15-4495-BA3B-51E73BE5E4B7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)