Confederates in the Attic : Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Vintage Departures)
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Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction, Substores
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: History, Travel, Nonfiction, Substores
Book Type: Paperback
I can't even begin to say how much I LOVED this book. It is amazing, sad, funny, and ironic.
From the cover...The Civil War still rages across the South in ways both quirky and compelling. "Hardcore" reenactors crash-diet to resemble starved Confederates and spoon in ditches to stave off frostbite. A Scarlett O'Hara impersonator lifts her skirts for Japanese tourists. And Sons, Daughters, and Children of the Confederacy gather to sing "Dixie" and salute the rebel flag. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz takes us on a ten state adventure, from Gettysburg to Vickburg, from Charleston graveyards to Tennessee taverns. Probing both the history of the Civil Wary and its potent echo in the present, Horwitz crafts an eloquent, fast-paced and penetrating travelogue that shows us how the Lost Cause still resonates in the memory and rituals of the South.
From the cover...The Civil War still rages across the South in ways both quirky and compelling. "Hardcore" reenactors crash-diet to resemble starved Confederates and spoon in ditches to stave off frostbite. A Scarlett O'Hara impersonator lifts her skirts for Japanese tourists. And Sons, Daughters, and Children of the Confederacy gather to sing "Dixie" and salute the rebel flag. Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Horwitz takes us on a ten state adventure, from Gettysburg to Vickburg, from Charleston graveyards to Tennessee taverns. Probing both the history of the Civil Wary and its potent echo in the present, Horwitz crafts an eloquent, fast-paced and penetrating travelogue that shows us how the Lost Cause still resonates in the memory and rituals of the South.
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