Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Thorndike American History)

The Civil War still rages across the South in ways both quirky and compelling. "Hardcore" re-enactors crash-diet to resemble starved Confederates, a Scarlett O'Hara impersonator lifts her skirts for Japanese tourists, and Sons, Daughters, and Children of the Confederacy gather to sing "Dixie" and salute the rebel flag. Pulitzer Prize winner Tony Horwitz takes us on a ten-state adventure, from Gettysburg to Vicksburg, from Charleston graveyards to Tennessee taverns, probing both the history of the Civil War and its potent echo in the present.Tony Horwitz is the author of 'Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War (Thorndike American History)' with ISBN 9780783890777 and ISBN 078389077X.