false 6314749 3 <p><b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author Sally Jenkins and distinguished Harvard professor John Stauffer mine a nearly forgotten piece of Civil War history and strike gold in this surprising account of the only Southern county to secede from the Confederacy.<br><br></b><i>The State of Jones</i> is a true story about the South during the Civil War—the <i>real </i>South. Not the South that has been mythologized in novels and movies, but an authentic, hardscrabble place where poor men were forced to fight a rich man’s war for slavery and cotton. In Jones County, Mississippi, a farmer named Newton Knight led his neighbors, white and black alike, in an insurrection against the Confederacy at the height of the Civil War. Knight’s life story mirrors the little-known story of class struggle in the South—and it shatters the image of the Confederacy as a unified front against the Union.<br>This riveting investigative account takes us inside the battle of Corinth, where thousands lost their lives over less than a quarter mile of land, and to the dreadful siege of Vicksburg, presenting a gritty picture of a war in which generals sacrificed thousands through their arrogance and ignorance. Off the battlefield, the Newton Knight story is rich in drama as well. He was a man with two loves: his wife, who was forced to flee her home simply to survive, and an ex-slave named Rachel, who, in effect, became his second wife. It was Rachel who cared for Knight during the war when he was hunted by the Confederates, and, later, when members of the Knight clan sought revenge for the disgrace he had brought upon the family name.<br>Working hand in hand with John Stauffer, distinguished chair and professor of the History of American Civilization at Harvard University, Sally Jenkins has made the leap from preeminent sportswriter to a historical writer endowed with the accuracy, drive, and passion of Doris Kearns Goodwin. The result is Civil War history at its finest.</p> 6499981 23 6 2009 The State of Jones total:53|5:10|4:26|3:14|2:3|1:0| 53 202 288 30 0 1 false false Thu Sep 10 05:29:35 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 05:30:33 -0700 2009
Another side of the Civil War South
Review by John T. Slania

The romanticized version of the Civil War has noble Southerners united in a battle to preserve states’ rights and a genteel way of life. The reality is that the South was anything but unifi...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:22:47 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 13:23:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:34:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 09:37:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 17:58:27 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:41:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jul 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 06:08:50 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 06:20:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:05:52 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 07:10:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 09:46:45 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:19:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 07:46:17 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 18:26:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jul 05 11:30:59 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 11:35:52 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 04 09:14:34 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 19:35:22 -0700 2009
An eye opener on the racism that followed the ACW (both north and south) and how ignorant people justify their behaviour.]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 18:33:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 04:50:54 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 07:52:31 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 07:06:36 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 08:29:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 08:31:34 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Wed Sep 30 04:46:29 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 04:37:38 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 00:09:32 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 15:39:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:38:32 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 21:46:15 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Oct 09 06:53:30 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 06:54:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 30 19:18:58 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 30 19:19:55 -0700 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/30/movies...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Sep 07 07:15:45 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 07:18:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 21:29:09 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 21:29:35 -0700 2009