Book guide
The March
Sherman’s march becomes a sweeping human epic of war, freedom, and survival.
GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalWar storyLiterarySocial commentary
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About The March
During General William Tecumseh Sherman’s 1864–65 march through Georgia and the Carolinas, Doctorow follows soldiers, freed people, and refugees swept into a dangerous, transient world as the Civil War nears its end.
Reading signals
- Spice
- None
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Fast
Content warnings
- war
- violence
- death
- slavery
- racism
- rape
- sexual assault
- medical trauma
- graphic injuries
- racial slurs
