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Title: Chickamauga

Author: Ambrose Bierce

Narrator: John Michaels

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-28-12

Publisher: Spoken Realms

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Classics, American Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Innocence lost. Children play at war. Men and children play at war until they meet war or war meets them, and they find that war is not a game; those who have seen, smelled, and tasted it do not glorify war. Ambrose Bierce participated in one of the bloodiest wars in American history, and though he survived, the war haunted him the rest of his life.

Today we have a name for the demon that haunts many of those "more fortunate" who survive: post-traumatic stress disorder. In World War I and World War II they called it shell-shocked. The battle of Chickamauga was surpassed in casualties only by the battle of Gettysburg.

Members Reviews:

Interesting tie in to my recent battlefield visit.

Had picked this up expecting a discussion of the Civil War battle but found instead it is a 12 page 99 cent short story written in 1889. Story is of a 6 year old boy lost in the woods after playing warrior with his wooden sword. Arises the next morning and sees men crawling through the woods. He climbs on the back of one to play "horsey" only to be tossed off and noticing the man is missing his lower jaw and bleeding profusely. The others are also badly wounded and attempting to crawl to safety. The boy then notices an orange glow in the distance and hears the sound of battle and off he heads in that direction. I will spare you the grim ending but note that Bierce is often reported as "Poe like" in his writing and is known for his disturbing realism.

Loved it. Great history book

Loved it. Great history book.