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Review title: Eating the Civil War "elephant"
Product review: I was addicted to Civil War (er, "The War of Northern Aggresion") stories as a boy. With the 100th anniversary of the war in 1960-1965 occuring duing my 5-10 age period, the whole thing was an outstanding fantasy. As I've gotten older, I've longed for a way to get back into Civil War (uh, "The War for Southern Independence") stories. Most of the stuff written for adults, though, makes it tough to get started. Books quickly veer from sensory immersion to left-brain statistical abstraction. This book has really acted like the first forkful of Civil War (I mean "The War Between the States") history and I'm ready to "eat the elephant" and take the plunge again. I've got "Killer Angels" on the bedstand -- I can't wait to see how his father writes. This book is competently written and very engrossing. Bruce Catton, Shelby Foote -- set the table!
