A review by konkie44
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz

5.0

I found this book fascinating and extremely thought provoking. Horwitz spent a year or so in the mid-1990's traveling through a number of southern states from Virginia to Mississippi and talking to countless people about their feelings on the Civil War, race relations, and more. When I first began reading this, I had some reservations about how relevant the material was, due to the fact that it was published over twenty years ago. However, due to recent events, it seems quite possible that little has changed over the last 20+ years. Horwitz talks to a great variety of people and treats them and their opinions respectfully. His writing style is never dull historical material but rather attempts to deduce why after so long the fascination with the War Between the States is still so high. Engaging reading and still quite relevant, as it touches heavily on race relations, antigovernment sentiment, and feelings over the Confederate flag. I will be thinking about this for a long time.