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false <![CDATA[Guns of the South]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171480506m/101599.jpg 101599 5 Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equipped. The battle of Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower. Then Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle; its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking--and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantities to the Confederates. The name of the weapon is the AK-47. "As a Civil War historian, I literally could not put The Guns of the South down. It is absolutely unique--without question the most fascinating Civil War novel I have ever read. Harry Turtledove knows his Civil War. And best of all, The Guns of the South is not simply great entertainment; it is also a serious and successful effort to come to grips with the central issues of the war. It is must reading for every Civil War student." --Professor James M. McPherson, Edwards Professor of American History, Princeton University; Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom 554749 1992 Guns of the South total:749|5:11|4:16|3:9|2:5|1:2| 749 2881 955 65 3 1 false false Sun Dec 03 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Feb 11 06:15:45 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 11 06:15:45 -0800 2008
Time to make shish kebab out of another sacred cow. Guns of the South is considered THE alternate history novel by many, the one alternate history novel that should be required reading in history classes and on just about every historian's...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Jul 29 08:04:02 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 29 08:04:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false true Fri Nov 13 21:49:44 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 22:02:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jun 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 09:16:41 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 09:51:41 -0700 2009 It was interesting looking into...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 12 14:57:20 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 10:01:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 09 08:36:26 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 08:36:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 22 03:27:28 -0700 2007 Sun Nov 25 06:11:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Jun 05 19:19:03 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 14:18:23 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 21:55:15 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 19:25:30 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 21 11:25:09 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 11:27:58 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 19 07:09:43 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 07:12:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Dec 14 09:51:26 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 09:53:15 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Mon Jun 04 22:10:05 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 04 22:12:39 -0700 2007 It's...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed Nov 05 07:08:42 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 07:58:23 -0800 2008 idea of alternative history, but this book did nothing to encourage that interest. The core idea (white supremacists from the future traveling back in time to arm the Confederacy with Twentieth century weapons) is pretty decent sci-fi material, but the writing is amateuris...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 25 09:37:35 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 01 16:05:09 -0700 2008
The writing was strong enough to pull me through, even though I kept thinking, "I hate the Civil War." Well, I don't hate it any longer. Guns of the South...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Feb 22 09:46:45 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:49:04 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Nov 26 17:33:03 -0800 2008 Tue Sep 01 02:32:04 -0700 2009
I have read quite a bit of actual Civil War history and Turtledove has doe his research well. If there are any glaring historical erros, I missed them.

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It falls into the category of "hokey premise-surprisingly good story", which a number of Lois McMaster Bujold's stories fall into.

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