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by Tony Horwitz (Author)
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz returned from years of traipsing through war zones as a foreign correspondent only to find that his childhood obsession with the Civil War had caught up with him. Near his house in Virginia, he happened to encounter people who reenact the Civil War--men who dress up in period costumes and live as Johnny Rebs and Billy Yanks. Intrigued, he wound up having some odd adventures with the "hardcores," the fellows who try to immerse themselves in the war, hoping to get what they lovingly term a "period rush." Horwitz spent two years reporting on why Americans are still so obsessed with the war, and the ways in which it resonates today. In the course of his work, he made a sobering side trip to cover a murder that was provoked by the display of the Confederate flag, and he spoke to a number of people seeking to honor their ancestors who fought for the Confederacy. Horwitz has a flair for odd details that spark insights, and Confederates in the Attic is a thoughtful and entertaining book that does much to explain America's continuing obsession with the Civil War. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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Horowitz, a Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign war correspondent, returned to his native U.S. turf to tackle the subject of our own Civil War and how its history is actively replayed by scores of grown men. He spent time among the hard-core buffs, the groups who put on period clothes and "re-enact" battles. As part of a self-imposed year-long "scheme" to examine the war's contemporary meaning, he does such things as visit a birthday party for Gen. Stonewall Jackson given by the Sons of the Confederacy. He also mulls over his own theories about the lasting legacy of the war, arguing that it was as much a cultural battle between the mores of North and South as a military one. Horowitz's rambling first-person narrative takes constant sidetracks and is made human with its self-effacing descriptions of his own foibles. This is why it works effectively as audio: it comes across more as a personal adventure than a polemical historical analysis. Though the author tells of being a Civil War buff since childhood, he nonetheless retains the freshness of an outsider's perspective (acting as a sort of foreign correspondent at home). Seasoned audio narrator Beck tries to convey this sense of freshness and boyish enthusiasm in his
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and Disturbing, but a GREAT READ!, Jul 16 2004
By G. Grisham "grmissouri" (St. Louis, Missouri United States) - See all my reviews
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This is an extremely entertaining book and very well written. The characters are real although sometimes you almost wonder and hope that they aren't. The Civilwargasam with Robert Lee Hodge is, well, interesting. Each chapter tells the story of a different stop on Horwitz's journey across the south and there are colorful characters at each. It was very hard to put the book down at times and hard to keep reading it at others. I almost put it down for good with the chapter "Dying For Dixie" Sad! I'm glad that I kept with however. It was quite a ride, but well worth it!! Really a good read!!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite history book, Jul 4 2004
By Michael J. Sopher "Soph" (Green, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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Historically speaking, Horowitz's accounts of the southern ties to the Confederate States of America is accurate yet astonishing. Though a Civil War historian, I, similar to most Americans, believed the War of the Rebellion ended in 1865, but apparently it has not. The examples of Southern patriotism and its commitment to preserving its past is both admirable and scary.
Many ask why? Horowitz does it well revealing the different reasons for Southern remembrance. The simple fact that most of the War was fought in their backyards can, and does, justify their reasons.
What's more sickening, if I may say, is that Horowitz's book only covers a small percentage of the Southern patriotism. Even today, it is not uncommon to drive through a town in the South without seeing the "Rebel" flag or a Confederate banner. Southerners do have a hard time forgeting that War.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm still thinking about this book a year later...., Jun 16 2004
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I read Confederates In The Attic about a year and a half ago; took me about a week and a half. Best book I read that year -- best I've read since then.

Horwitz's style is something to behold. Having agonized myself over the balance of smooth edited prose vs. naturally unpretentious prose, it's amazing how he pulls off both. Sentences are about as lucid, educated and simple as I've seen. Heavily polished, but they don't call attention to themselves at all.

As for content, well, it's simply wonderful. It's a travelogue through American social and political history. A bit pro-Northern and -urban in point of view, it's nonetheless spot-on and great reading.

Basically, he looks for the Lost Cause and its mentality.

While he doesn't write about his failures in finding it, the entire book is everything that he did find -- and boy did he find it.

From wonderfully-painted word portraits of Charleston to embarrassment at dressing like a Confederate in a black-owned store to the BMW of Shelby Foote, the small details and the big pictures are painted quickly and with great humor and education well beyond Horwitz's then 38, 39 years.

"Blue Latitudes" is nowhere near as organized and edited as this book; buy "Confederates" now before its 1998 copyright and 1995 experiences fade from our contemporary political mindset and reality.

Five stars, easy. For anyone who loves history and politics as though a spectator sport, and was the independent and unique student in school.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating look at life after the war that divided a people
I couldn't put this book down and I'm a member of a Union State! This author is incredibly funny yet serious about the subject of what unites and what divides Americans still... Read more
Published on Jun 14 2004

5.0 out of 5 stars Great storyteller, compelling subject, wonderful book
Although I don't know more than the average person about the Civil War, I've always had a sneaking suspicion that it is still with us somehow. Read more
Published on May 27 2004 by Jerry Brito

4.0 out of 5 stars Hardcore, totally un-farbed
Tony Horwitz's masterpiece Confederates in the Attic explores the south's -- and his own -- fascination with the Civil War. Read more
Published on Mar 25 2004 by Concepts and Methods in Histor...

5.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and very amusing...
Millions of words have been written about the Civil War, but Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Tony Horwitz, provides some refreshing insights in Confederates in the Attic:... Read more
Published on Mar 12 2004 by Cynthia K. Robertson

4.0 out of 5 stars Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished
Horwitz provides the reader with much to consider in terms of culture, history and memory. As a person who has lived in Kentucky, North Carolina and Georgia I see the painfilled... Read more
Published on Feb 29 2004 by C. Graham

5.0 out of 5 stars Well written, great premise
This was the second Tony Horwitz book I read (after Blue Lat) and wasn't sure I'd like the subject matter until I started in. Read more
Published on Oct 4 2003 by R. Mardis

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended
Wonderful tales of life down south. The book captures a southern mentality that refuses to die about "The North vs. The South. Read more
Published on Sep 29 2003 by Weegee

5.0 out of 5 stars Must read!
Wonderful book! It is shocking that such fringes of culture exist in this country, and that so many people have turned an innocent hobby of a historical event into a full-time... Read more
Published on Sep 18 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars I am so glad I don't live down south!
This book was wonderful, and sucked me in emotionally. Although Horwitz tended to gravitate to seeking out the fringe of eccentrics in the south, he certainly showed that there... Read more
Published on Sep 16 2003 by Puggleville

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Take from Across the Big Divide
Being a Northerner whose ancestors fought for the Union, I've always struggled to understand the tenacity the South holds onto the Civil War. Read more
Published on Sep 1 2003 by C. W. Toraason

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