Talk:MacKinlay Kantor

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Conflict about Andersonville[edit]

The article Andersonville (novel) states that Kantor's novel was not the basis for the mini-series. The article about the TV program The Andersonville Trial does not give the novel as a source but doesn't explicity deny it. It does state that Kantor sold the rights in the 1950s to a major studio but no film version of the novel was ever actually produced. What's the real story? 75.201.81.213 (talk) 05:17, 8 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It would be good to clarify that here in the MacKinley Kantor article, since the opening paragraph explicitly states no relationship between Kantor's Anderonville and subsequent dramatizations -- "(The novel is often erroneously believed to have been the basis for the stage play and TV movie The Andersonville Trial (1970), as well as for the TV mini-series Andersonville (1995), but neither have any actual connection to Kantor's work.)" -- while the Career section states the opposite: "The novel had a long life and influence in other genres, as it was adapted for the TV movie The Andersonville Trial (1970), as well as for the TV mini-series Andersonville (1995).[10]" 76.212.201.191 (talk) 21:11, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In Andersonville, MacKinlay Kantor describes - in fiction - the arrest of Captain Heinrich Wirz by Captain Henry E. Noyes, Fourth U.S. Cavalry. It was the assignment of Noyes to arrest Wirz, take him into custody, then escort him under guard to Washington DC. Kantor details the sad events of taking Wirz from his family, and the difficulties of his being recognized in public. The latter was eliminated by obliging Capt. Wirz to shave off his beard. But the Wirz story ends in mid transit. Wirz is not followed to the Capital and his TRIAL IS NOT A SUBJECT IN THE BOOK. Read the damn book. --Ed Chilton — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.82.56.107 (talk) 16:58, 5 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(I have just noticed the contradictory statements that are already noted above.)
It is frustrating to have the same issue come up time and time again.
I think there should be a section -- I would call it "Common misconception over Andersonville" -- that is VERY EASY TO NOTICE and dispels any notion of a connection between these works on the same theme.
Varlaam (talk) 06:17, 26 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Putting The Cart Before the Horse[edit]

It is not widely understood that "Andersonville" - Kantor's opus magnum - was the result of TWENTY-FIVE years of research and literary labor. His original concept and book structure was established circa 1930. He absolutely did NOT get the idea for THIS book in 1945 after visiting holocaust extermination camps. Furthermore, "Andersonville" is not based merely upon the McElroy Diary. Both the hardcover and softcover printings include an extensive BIBLIOGRAPHY appendix where the author explains his approach to the subject, and a LIST of his sources. BTW, I later collected some 60% of those references. Lastly it is no accident that Confederate Inspector General Robert Hall Chilton - who denounced the prison in blunt words to his military superiors - and I bear the same last name. Robert shared his angst about Andersonville prison and history with his cousin in Richmond, William Parish Chilton who Represented Montgomery AL in the Confederate Congress. SIGNED --Edward M. Chilton, GG-grandson of WPC. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.83.23.91 (talk) 22:46, 9 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Was the subject in the military? This point seems ambiguous.[edit]

If Mr. MacKinlay was a war correspondent and not actually in the military in WWII (despite his participating in air combat missions as a gunner) as the article seems to suggest, then why is there a photo of him in military uniform complete with ribbons? Thank youHistoryBuff14 (talk) 16:06, 17 October 2021 (UTC).[reply]