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...autumn of 1864, the final months of the Civil War , and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman is leading 60,000 Union troops in his fearsome march across Georgia and the Carolinas. As Sherman's men humble the Confederate countryside, hundreds of runaway slaves follow along. The author of Ragtime and Billy Bathgate returns to the vexed territory of the American past, and comes back with a novel in which Sherman's advancing column, and the thousands of lives caught up in it, becomes the force of history itself...
...visitors a year. Originally Harvard property, it was donated to the city in 1882 to be included in the park system designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead. Boston then leased the park back to Harvard for 1,000 years. —Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu...
...indictment was a largely procedural measure, because Purdy’s charges carry a maximum sentence of more than five years each and the district court only hears crimes that carry lesser sentences, according to Middlesex District Attorney Spokeswoman Melissa Sherman...
...November, and they said they will continue to solicit student feedback. University spokeswoman Lauren Marshall wrote in an e-mail that students can arrange tours of the Harvard in Allston room if they call the Allston Initiative at (617) 495-3525. —Staff writer Natalie I. Sherman can be reached at nsherman@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Joseph M. Tartakoff can be reached at tartakof@fas.harvard.edu...
...spokeswoman for the Middlesex Country district attorney’s office, Melissa Sherman, said that “it’s not appropriate for us to comment at this point,” noting that the judge has not yet issued an official ruling on Pring-Wilson’s confinement...