read by his daughter and called for the dismissal of the teacher who had assigned the book to her class; It was later decided not to remove the book from the optional reading list. Andersonville was also banned from four Amarillo, Texas high schools and Amarillo College. References Bibliography Commager, Henry Steele. "The Last Full Measure of Devotion: A Novel of an Infamous Prison in the Civil War", The New York Times Book Review. Oct. 30, 1955. VII, p. 1. Cullen, Jim. The Civil War in Popular Culture. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington: 1995. Hesseltine, William B. "Andersonville Revisited." The Georgia Review, 1956, p 92-100. Kantor, Mackinlay. "The Last Full Measure of Devotion: The Author Tells How He Relived the Tragedy", The New York Times Book Review. Oct. 30, 1955. VII, p. 1. Kantor, Mackinlay, Andersonville. Penguin Books USA, Inc., New York : 1955. Poore, Charles. "Andersonville (Review)." The New York Times. Oct. 27, 1955, p. 31:4. Stuckey, W. J. The Pulitzer Prize Novels : A Critical Backward Look. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 1981. External links Photos of the first edition of Andersonville 1955 American novels Novels set during the American Civil War Pulitzer Prize for Fiction-winning works Novels set in Georgia (U.S. state) Macon County, Georgia Novels about prisoners of war