Title: HORWITZ ACCENTUATES THE NEGATIVE
Product review: Horwitz apparently went looking for the negative extremes in his journey into the world of Confederate reenacting. In addition, he painted inaccurate portraits of some of the 'characters' he encountered.I personally know one of the men that Horwitz interviewed and commented about. Horwitz did a great disservice to this individual in completely misrepresenting him and his motives and activities in the hobby. Instead of presenting him as the calm, thoughtful, introspective individual I know him to be, Horwitz presented him as a rabid extremist.While the writing was mildly entertaining at times, the representations of fact in the text have to be called into question due to what I know he was untruthful about.The inclusion of Rob Hodge as the 'star' of the book was a critical error on Horwitz' part. There are certainly hundreds, if not thousands, of more knowledgeable and much better uniformed and equipped living historians than he.
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