Blythe Eighmy’s Reviews > Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 That Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy > Status Update

The style of this book is formal, I would characterize the tone as informative, the writer does not use humor or satire, there is harsh language used in this book and it shows how time was back then.

I think the authors goal is to highlight the history of the events that happened in the south, more specifically Mississippi, and how those brutal events were sort of blurred over time. He tells us about how frightened the students are when learning the nature of how African Americans are treated in the south, that could be an obstacle by making some students back out in fear.

I think that Bruce Watson is qualified to give writing advice, he has written for many prestigious publications and many other books.

In the beginning of the book it talks about how this summer changed the way African Americans were treated in the south and the importance of the events that took place in that summer.