Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
by Tony Horwitz
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Author: Tony HorwitzEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-02-22
ISBN: 067975833X
Number of pages: 432
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Powerful, rich with character and history.
Summary: 5 Stars
Mr. Horwitz has written a contemporary classic, a splendid, subtle and at times discomforting classic. The personalities he encounters along his battlefield adventures are often humorous, enlighting, charming and colorful. Some are real gems, the hard-core reenactor Robert Lee Hodges in particular, is a real prize; festooned with his rubber blanket, tin cup, a slab of salt pork, haversack, ragged attire and that special layer of history, bacon grease and dirt. His special "bloating" ability is incredible. The odessey Horwitz undertakes in the name of understanding the Civil War is thought provoking, entertaining and written with a certain panache and earthy observant style. I would like to see somebody from the Sundance film outfit do a short feature on this book, filmed in black and white, of course. If Horwitz hasn't written a fresh, compelling, humours, sometimes grim classic, then he has done something very much like it. "Bloat on!" No farbs allowed. Excellent!
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