Andrew S. Ward (born 1946) is an American writer of historical nonfiction.

Andrew Ward at a 2008 staged reading of material from his book The Slaves' War, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, Washington.

He is a former contributing editor to Atlantic Monthly, commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and columnist for The Washington Post''. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Works edit

  • Fits and Starts: The Premature Memoirs of Andrew Ward, Little-Brown (1978), ISBN 0-316-92199-8[1]
  • The Blood Seed, McGraw-Hill (1987), ISBN 0-07-068133-3[2]
  • Out Here: A Newcomer's Notes from the Great Northwest, Penguin (1992), ISBN 0-14-013054-3[3]
  • Our Bones are Scattered: The Cawnpore Massacres and The Indian Mutiny Of 1857, Henry Holt and Co. (1996), ISBN 0-8050-2437-9
  • Dark Midnight When I Rise: The Story of the Jubilee Singers, Amistad (2001), ISBN 0-06-093482-4[4]
  • River Run Red: The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War, Penguin (2006), ISBN 0-14-303786-2[5][6]
  • The Slaves' War: The Civil War in the Words of Former Slaves, Houghton Mifflin (2008), ISBN 0-618-63400-2[7][8]

References edit

  1. ^ Alexander, James E. (April 29, 1978). "Shades of a new Thurber". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  2. ^ Deegan, Carol (February 2, 1986). "'Blood Seed' is rich in imagery, detail". Gainesville Sun. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Solomon, Charles (March 15, 1992). "Review: Out Here: A newcomer's notes from the great Northwest". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  4. ^ Marshall, John (September 17, 2011). "Eclectic mix of writers tapped for state book awards". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Gill, Leonard (September 30, 2005). "History Lessons: Fort Pillow at length; the Delta lost and found". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  6. ^ Raymond, Steve (October 14, 2005). ""River Run Red": Truth buried with Civil War dead". Seattle Times. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  7. ^ Kirsch, Adam (June 4, 2008). "Battle Cry of Freedom: Andrew Ward's 'The Slaves' War'". New York Sun. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  8. ^ Crossen, Cynthia (June 14, 2008). "Just Asking . . . Andrew Ward" The historian and writer on his new Civil War book, 'The Slaves' War'". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved June 17, 2012.