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A review by baypot
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
4.0
I appreciated this book, especially in light of reading Hillbilly Elegy earlier this year. Horwitz's book presents a moment in time just as the religious right was transitioning into true power in Washington with the election of George W. Bush, before 9/11, before Obama, before Trump. His voice speaks about the past from the past, and I think time has confirmed and validated much of what is presented here about white resentment, increasingly entrenched racial and political divides, and what happens when we communicate in echo chambers.
On a more personal level, this book took me back to a time when my dream vacation would have been a tour of civil war battlefields. Like Horwitz, I grew up feeling the past surrounding me and heroes of old seeming very near. His re-engagement as an adult and as a journalist with these people and places was a rich experience for me.
On a more personal level, this book took me back to a time when my dream vacation would have been a tour of civil war battlefields. Like Horwitz, I grew up feeling the past surrounding me and heroes of old seeming very near. His re-engagement as an adult and as a journalist with these people and places was a rich experience for me.