Band of Angels Author:Robert Penn Warren From the Library Journal: — Warren's Civil War-era Angels offers protagonist Amantha Star, who struggles for freedom of both body and soul. Amantha is thrust into slavery following the death of her white father, who, during his life, had never revealed that her mother was black. — Description: — First published in 1955, Band of Angels is one of th... more »e most searing and vivid fictinal accounts of the Civil War era ever written. An acclaimed novelist, poet, critic and teacher, and author of dozens of books, Robert Penn Warren was the only writer ever to win Pulitzer prizes in both fiction and poetry.« less