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A review by meg_leigh
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War by Tony Horwitz
4.0
I read this after reading Horwitz's Columbus book and seeing everyone talk about how great Confederates is. I definitely enjoyed this one more--there was more of a "roadtrip" feel to it, and I felt like we were actually moving along.
Being a recent transplant to the South, I found a lot of his observances still true, 10+ years later. While you have your usual nutjobs throughout, there are also real people, who are caught up in something that just won't seem to end. This book wasn't always good for my blood pressure (I have no idea how he kept his cool around all the blatant bigots), but I did learn a lot about a culture that confuses me.
This isn't a terribly uplifting book (though it has funny moments), but good for when you want a serious read.
Being a recent transplant to the South, I found a lot of his observances still true, 10+ years later. While you have your usual nutjobs throughout, there are also real people, who are caught up in something that just won't seem to end. This book wasn't always good for my blood pressure (I have no idea how he kept his cool around all the blatant bigots), but I did learn a lot about a culture that confuses me.
This isn't a terribly uplifting book (though it has funny moments), but good for when you want a serious read.