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4.08 AVERAGE
4.08 AVERAGE
This book was an adventure. It reads like a documentary and I felt, very much, like I was on a journey with the author. As a life-long Virginian, I have mixed and difficult feelings toward the Civil War and this book didn't help me to figure them out, only excited my intrigue and ignited an odd sort of Southern pride I didn't have before. The people the author meets along his journey are presented in brilliant ways and the variety of their character presents a solid picture of the variance of opinions on the Civil War and all the other issues that go along with it. All in all, a great and wonderful read.
adventurous
funny
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reflective
medium-paced
Probably worth a reread to make sure I’m not looking at this book with an outdated lens. That said, this book explores the insidious nature of racism in a similar manner to White Trash, a nonfiction book that came out much later—at least that’s what I remember.
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Written in kind of a funny tone that screams the decade of its publication. Provides some really interesting insight into the neoconfederate world but falls into some of the traps that many war reporters do -- namely not interrogating the claims of some of these interlocutors with other investigative work (some prominent hate figures get described as "professor" or "historian"). This book almost holds up but just didn't quite make it all the way for me
I've read a few of his other books but somehow missed this one. Very entertaining trip through the south and the past!
adventurous
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medium-paced
A fascinating read about how people still view this war, and how some people are still fighting it today.
We discussed Confederates in the Attic at my book group. You know it's a good book for discussion when I only ever had to ask one of my questions I'd prepared. There was just so much to talk about. Some of us had Civil War stories to share, we talked about race and the war itself and how things could be better. There was a lot of foul language in it though, and while it was the impetus for lots of good discussion, I didn't feel like there was a real POINT to the book- sort of rambling. Good stories, but not a work of art.