Cover Of Confederates In The Attic

Entertaining and thought provoking by turns disturbing and laugh out loud funny it is by far the best book that i have read this year.

Cover of confederates in the attic.

Tony horwitz has combined travel writing a humorous look at an odd hobby and an insightful examination of deep sectional differences that still divide our. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. More than any book before or since it exposed how our.

Poignant and picaresque haunting and hilarious it speaks to anyone who has ever felt. Confederates in the attic brings alive old battlefields and new ones classrooms courts country bars where the past and the present collide often in. Confederates in the attic is simply outstanding. Like many of my friends and colleagues i ve been reflecting on the work of journalist tony horwitz who died suddenly on may 27th.

Confederates in the attic 1998 is a work of non fiction by pulitzer prize winning author tony horwitz. Written with horwitz s signature blend of humor history and hard nosed journalism confederates in the attic brings alive old battlefields and new ones classrooms courts country bars where the past and the present collide often in explosive ways. Horwitz explores his deep interest in the american civil war and investigates the ties in the united states among citizens to a war that ended more than 130 years previously. Dispatches from the unfinished civil war please sign up.

Jenn estepp the cover image is one of robert lee hodge the hardcore reenactor that horowitz spends so much time with including the wargasam. Horwitz s 1998 book confederates in the attic.