Title: Shallow, unbelievable, smug
Product review: The American Civil War was staged for fathers to connect with their sons, and to have people to look down upon and make up stories about? That, and of course...racism. Horowitz embellishes his encounters and reports with a >wink, wink< of perfect complicity the overdone characterizations and and self-serving displays (yes, I know the Southern Guard and Rob H.) At least at the very end, he exposes plainly his biases, and nearly admits that his prejudices overweigh any honest evaluation and understanding of the American South (past or present), but this doesn't wash away the one-eyed-view of the previous chapters. Although I have never lived south of the Mason-Dixon line, I can't help but take the poor reporting personally; to anyone who wishes to truly understand things, Horowitz is offensive. I wish I'd not wasted the money.
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