Through the Heart of Dixie

“An engrossing exploration of the ways in which the march has been recounted and understood over the years.” — Wall Street Journal

“A valuable contribution to the memory literature.” — Blue & Gray Magazine

“An exceptionally creative and ambitious study, like nothing else that I can think of in the field of Civil War history.” — Civil War Monitor

“Drawing on an impressive range of source material, Rubin considers a wide variety of views and actors, from participants and witnesses to novelists and filmmakers.” — America’s Civil War

“One of the more innovative books which has been published this year on the Civil War and one of the more innovative books on the March to the Sea.” — Gettysburg Chronicle

“An excellent addition to the flourishing literature on Civil War memory, and scholars and Civil War enthusiasts will find it interesting.” — H-Net Reviews

“Much more than another study of Sherman. . . . Rubin has made a significant contribution to the study of American memory and the history of Sherman’s March.” — On Point: The Journal of Army History

“A fascinating consideration of how Americans have remembered [the soldiers on Sherman’s March] and the events of 1864-65. . . . [A] compelling analyses of the various participants who fashioned memory of the marches and put it in the context of larger developments in national life.” — Civil War Times

“Rubin’s examination of certain aspects of the Lost Cause myth and her utilization of neglected sources represent a good addition to Sherman historiography.”—South Carolina Historical Magazine

“Through the Heart of Dixie illustrates that Sherman’s March was, itself, a character in the larger narrative of the Civil War, which is why it has been the subject of nonfiction as well as fiction writers, of songsters, of artists, and of filmmakers. Rubin tells a good story. This book was a joy to read.” — Karen L. Cox, author of Dreaming of Dixie: How the South Was Created in American Popular Culture