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07-28-2024, 04:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-28-2024, 04:16 PM by The Real Marty. Edited 1 time in total.)
(04-13-2024, 01:06 PM)The Real Marty Wrote: I've launched into the 3-volume "The Civil War: A Narrative" by Shelby Foote. And now I have finished. It's a fascinating work. 3,000 pages! Over a million words! It was long. The ending reminded me of The Lord of the Rings, in that he went on and on, even after the war was over. It covered the entire war, all the battles, major and minor, the generals and the politicians. It was very well-written. It was very even-handed. I learned a lot about the Confederacy, and especially Jefferson Davis. The part about Lincoln's assassination was very sad. The book followed him for a whole day, all the people he saw, all the things he said and did, what happened at Ford's Theater and afterward. The book also followed the life of Jefferson Davis after the war until his death. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "What has occurred in this case, must ever recur in similar cases. Human-nature will not change. In any future great national trial, compared with the men of this, we shall have as weak, and as strong; as silly and as wise; as bad and good. Let us, therefore, study the incidents of this, as philosophy to learn wisdom from, and none of them as wrongs to be revenged." We show less advertisements to registered users. Accounts are free; join today! |
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