Imagine that you are writing a story and want to increase tension and heighten suspense. Put the events in the order that makes the tension most intense.
The edge crumbles; Joe
The sound of falling rock echoes.
Joe clings to a cliffside root.
Joe stands at a cliff'sedge.
disappears

Despite the overwhelming body of academic work on the civil war produced in the united states (and beyond) most of the american public (as well as the international audience) has been exposed to it through cultural texts such as novels, poems, songs, motion pictures, tv series, and documentaries.