Confeds In Thed Attic

The section we were reading dealt with the bigger than life owner of an old general store that he had turned into a museum of sorts.

Confeds in thed attic.

Confederates in the attic is a non fiction book written by pulitzer prize winning journalist tony horwitz the book is a mixture of ethnography the study of a specific group of people in a specific place and travel writing where horwitz attempts to dive deeply into his childhood fascination for the american civil war by traveling through the deep south visiting confederate. Most of the work however is a travelogue that describes horwitz s attempts to understand how southerners remember. 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. But it s confederates in the attic.

Dispatches from the unfinished civil war vintage departures kindle edition by horwitz tony. When prize winning war correspondent tony horwitz leaves the battlefields of bosnia and the middle east for a peaceful corner of the blue ridge mountains he thinks he s put war zones behind him. Download it once and read it on your kindle device pc phones or tablets. Find all information about the book confederates in the attic.

Dispatches from the unfinished civil war of tony horwitz about reviews ratings description buy book. Confederates in the attic starts and concludes with a meditation on horwitz s own fascination with the civil war as a child he painted a mural of the conflict in the attic of his boyhood home hence the title of the book. Dispatches from the unfinished civil war vintage departures. National bestseller for all who remain intrigued by the legacy of the civil war reenactors battlefield visitors confederate descendants and other southerners history fans students of current racial conflicts and more this ten state adventure is part travelogue part social commentary and always good humored.

Confederates in the attic. Owen used taxpayer money to turn the department into an overstuffed confederate attic promoting the idea that the south s role in the civil war was noble rather than a fight to maintain slavery. Ok so i m on a civil war road trip with my significant other following the official virginia state lee s retreat tour and reading to him from confederates in the attic to pass the time. Confederates in the attic dispatches from the unfinished civil war.

But awakened one morning by the crackle of musket fire horwitz starts filing.