{"product_id":"andersonville-diary-expanded-annotated-john-l-ransom-9781519038753","title":"Andersonville Diary (Expanded, Annotated)","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most starkly vivid, exciting, and detailed accounts of survival in Georgia's notorious Andersonville Prison during the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Ransom was only 20 years old at the time of his capture. He kept a nearly daily diary during his year of misery at the Confederate prison. He and his fellow Union prisoners endured lice, starvation, freezing cold, killing heat, theft from other inmates...and Captain Wirtz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Capt. Wirtz very domineering and abusive. Is afraid to come into camp any more. There are a thousand men in here who would willingly die if they could kill him first.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeath was a daily occurrence. Yet Ransom knew if he gave up hope, he would die. He somehow kept his humor and kept on writing. Through two escapes, time in a Rebel hospital, and eventual freedom, you'll read a POW account like none you've ever read before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring one escape, he vowed, \"Shall print this diary and make my everlasting fortune, and when wealthy will visit this country and make every negro who has helped us millionaires.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John L. Ransom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1519038755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781519038753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/31\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"John L. Ransom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45478753304831,"sku":"9781519038753","price":11.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ceee6e0b-9390-4fbb-b801-bf4b4c6157ad.jpg?v=1715935682","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/andersonville-diary-expanded-annotated-john-l-ransom-9781519038753","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}