Lani's review
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
Lani's review
rating:
bookshelves: non-fiction, own
recommended for: Civil War nerds
status: Read in May, 2008 — I have a copy to sell/swap
rating:
bookshelves: non-fiction, own
recommended for: Civil War nerds
status: Read in May, 2008 — I have a copy to sell/swap
I read a chapter of this book in a class - somewhere between high school and college, but I can't for the life of me remember why I read it or what the context was.
At any rate, going back and reading the book - as a Civil War nerd - was fantastic. Particularly living in such a history rich area, it's fun to recognize many of the spots I am so familiar with - the battlefield I worked at (Manassas/Bull Run), Petersburg and Dinwiddie, Fredericksburg, the valley near Winchester, all of the battlefields I'd toured with my family, etc.
The book touches on things FAR beyond the War as well, in many ways it's an exploration of the South - though by no means an exhaustive one. It touches on the fascination with Gone With the Wind (both here and in Japan), the civil rights struggle, neo-Confederates, all in the context of the author's travels through the Civil War battlefields. There are also lots of instances of "myth-busting" both Northern and Southern propoganda.
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At any rate, going back and reading the book - as a Civil War nerd - was fantastic. Particularly living in such a history rich area, it's fun to recognize many of the spots I am so familiar with - the battlefield I worked at (Manassas/Bull Run), Petersburg and Dinwiddie, Fredericksburg, the valley near Winchester, all of the battlefields I'd toured with my family, etc.
The book touches on things FAR beyond the War as well, in many ways it's an exploration of the South - though by no means an exhaustive one. It touches on the fascination with Gone With the Wind (both here and in Japan), the civil rights struggle, neo-Confederates, all in the context of the author's travels through the Civil War battlefields. There are also lots of instances of "myth-busting" both Northern and Southern propoganda.
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