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Yeah, get the book by Mackinlay Cantor or zkamtor, it got a Pulitzer Prize, it was far more in depth, however. The film covers a fair fraction of the major content, I'm not entirely certain of the spelling of the last ma!e, however, I do actually have the book here somewhere, I've read it sevl times, it does expand on the film considerably, stylistically, it resembles that great Irish novel Ulysses by James Joyce, though it is somewhat easier to read, both have no quotation marks, you'll note....

That is quite interesting, obviously, I'd been meaning to get the autobio of John ransom on which the film is apparently loosely based, I "think" he may have been the one who's depicted as having escaped, and reached Sherman, as the film described. If you've also never read the book of the same name by Mackinlay Kantor, which I gather won a Pulitzer, you might find it interesting reading, as well. If be curious whether wife's cousin had ever read either book before doing the actual film itself, or if he might possibly have read either and or both of them later on. I've read of Libby Prison as well in Richmond, as well as seen the film with William Shatner and Richard Basehart onnthe trial of Henry Wirz, and also of the Union POW camps for Confederate POWs in Elmira NY, as well as I think near Chicago, I believe, both of which while not quite as bad, I think, were, if nothing else, quite close as to the horror of their conditions. I'd seen a documentary on the Elmira camp, i believe, and also possibly the one near Chicago, as well, or, at minimum, tried to read a good deal about both of them. An interest of mine, which I've longed for some time to see filmed, is the story of the HMS Jersey, as well as the other prison hulks , and also the so called Sugar House Prison in Wllabor Bay where the Brooklyn Navy yard grounds are now, and in Manhattan, respectively. Look up The Tomb of the Martyrs, at Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn, and its history, as well as of the Sugar House Prison windwpow preserved in a building near police plaza in NYC, where one supposedly can see the ghosts of the sugar house prison at night. Look up also the story of William Cunningham, the Brit provost Marshal during the Brit occupation of NYC during the Amer revolution, and the account of how he was the who actually hanged Nathan Hale, fascinating story. If you'd care to hear more about that, or to chastfurtherr, I'd of course be most eager, by all means, whenever convenient. I especially found the account of the trial of the Raiders which Lincoln may have, I'd read, personally allowed, though that wasn't mentioned in the film, obv the best part , as well as the riot to stop them. I'd likewise be most eager to know if you'd ever chatted with your wife's cousin about the film at any length, if he'd be at all eager to hear more of the story of the HMS Jersey, I think he'd find it a most interesting idea for a full length film, on a topic that's long been forgotten in Amer history, about revolutionary war POW facilities that were at least as bad as andersonvile. Frommwhatmid read, if not worse. The king of Spain did also do a dedication at the tomb of the martyrs for the Spanish sailors that were little known for having aided the Amer merchant marine in the revolution, I'd read, and are also buried in the tomb, with the Amer merchant seamen lost on the HMS Jersey as well as the other prison hulks. The suga house prison was for army prisoners, the examiner of prisons for Gen Washington wrote of his having coinfronted William Cunningham for his abuses there, which are well recounted in revolutionary war history. Hope that was also of interest, I found your discussion if very real interest, and would certainly, as I'd said, be most eager to hear more, by all means.