Author
MacKinlay Kantor
Birth Date
February 4, 1904
(73 Years)
Death Date
October 11, 1977
Associated Country
United States
MacKinlay Kantor (1904–1977) was an American novelist, journalist, and screenwriter best known for his historical fiction, particularly stories about the American Civil War. He was born in Webster City and largely self-educated, developing his writing career through journalism before turning to novels.
Kantor gained widespread recognition with Andersonville (1955), a powerful novel about a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He was known for his detailed research and realistic portrayal of historical events, often focusing on the human cost of war and conflict.
In addition to novels, Kantor wrote short stories, children’s books, and screenplays, including work related to the film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). His writing is marked by its strong narrative style, emotional depth, and commitment to historical accuracy, making him a notable figure in 20th-century American literature.
Kantor gained widespread recognition with Andersonville (1955), a powerful novel about a Confederate prison camp during the Civil War, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. He was known for his detailed research and realistic portrayal of historical events, often focusing on the human cost of war and conflict.
In addition to novels, Kantor wrote short stories, children’s books, and screenplays, including work related to the film The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). His writing is marked by its strong narrative style, emotional depth, and commitment to historical accuracy, making him a notable figure in 20th-century American literature.
Books
Frontier 2020
Here are stories of the men and women who tamed the West in the rough and sinewy days that made America great . . . powerful stories packed with courage, humor and history.
God and My Country 2018
Assigned to track an Indian raiding party, Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe expects to return home to his son in Austin in a few days. But when the Ranger and his compatriots from the Frontier Battalion are...
Happy Land 2018
Happy Land is about Rusty Marsh, and the life he lived. It is about ordinary folks, and how they came to be brave. It is the record of a civilization which strengthens itself with Boy Scouts and...
Spirit Lake 2018
It is a hundred stories in one: the story of emigrant and immigrant, the outlaw's story, the little girl's story, the murderer's story—the story of the dedicated young surgeon, hog-breeder, poetess,...
Glory for Me 2017
Glory for Me is a simple novel—about three service men, honorably discharged for medical causes, who return home to the same town where in peacetime they had not known one another. Now they know one...
Valley Forge 2016
With warmth and wit, compassion and sensitivity, MacKinlay Kantor evokes the flavor, pulse and texture of the last quarter of the eighteenth century, transporting the reader into the houses and...
Designed for young readers, this illustrated history recounts the events that led to the surrender of the Confederacy, and the personalities involved.
From the Pulitzer Prize winning author of...
If the South Had Won the Civil War originally appeared in Look magazine nearly half a century ago. It immediately inspired a deluge of letters and telegrams from astonished readers, and became an...
Long Remember 2000
Long Remember was the first realistic novel about the Civil War. Originally published in 1934, it received rave reviews from the New York Times Book Review and was a main selection of the Literary...
Andersonville 1993
Set during the American Civil War, Andersonville centers on the notorious Confederate prison camp in Georgia, where thousands of Union soldiers are held under brutal and deteriorating conditions....