Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
by:
Tony Horwitz (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780783890777 (078389077X)
Publish date: June 12th 2000
Publisher: Thorndike Press
Pages no: 580
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Travel,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
History,
Book Club,
American,
War,
American History,
Southern,
Military History,
Civil War
Rather enlightening about how the Civil War is viewed in different parts of the country.
Hm. Interesting. Complex. Appalling. Enlightening. Already this book has launched me onto a quest for greater understanding of the Civil War. What I liked:1) Robert Lee Hodge. Fascinating man with a unique perspective on the actual war as opposed to the romanticized ideal of it. It was Hodge...
From the title "Confederates in the Attic" I was expecting a different book - perhaps the story of some family's hidden confederate past. What I got instead was a surprisingly moving account of the south at the end of the 20th century. I'm from the south, though only barely (Louisville is a city w...
Truly fascinating book about the fascination/obsession that still remains in the South for the Civil War. The writing was outstanding, humorous and very engaging. Glad I read this.
This book has def. been a "trip" for me. Horwitz shows the Confederacy is alive and well with some in the South. I found the book humorous, however..there was a underlying feeling in the pit of my stomach that Horwitz wrote this book in a mocking, condescending manner..which I had a really hard time...
13 years ago
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