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A review by joelafond
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
5.0
Everyone who has ever wondered why the US is the way it is should read this book. I'm not saying that as in "let's blame the South for everything," but in the sense that a very small portion of population knows or understands how the legacy of the Civil War still impacts us today. This book forces the reader to consider that. Though it is rounding on 20 years old, this book is still remarkably relevant to readers in 2017, especially in today's shaky political/racial/cultural climate.
I picked up this book in an effort to learn about a portion of the country and population that I know very little about, and boy did I learn! I learned a lot about the South and the Southern "way of life," some of it surprising, some not, but I feel a little more familiar with Southern culture all the same. Well-researched and accessible, this book made me feel like I was in the passenger seat next Tony Horwitz, barreling down some stretch on rural highway in Kentucky or marching shoulder to shoulder through a dewy field on the way to yet another Civil War historical site. As someone who relishes nostalgia, I loved every page of this book.
I picked up this book in an effort to learn about a portion of the country and population that I know very little about, and boy did I learn! I learned a lot about the South and the Southern "way of life," some of it surprising, some not, but I feel a little more familiar with Southern culture all the same. Well-researched and accessible, this book made me feel like I was in the passenger seat next Tony Horwitz, barreling down some stretch on rural highway in Kentucky or marching shoulder to shoulder through a dewy field on the way to yet another Civil War historical site. As someone who relishes nostalgia, I loved every page of this book.