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100	1		_aHorwitz, Tony _d, 1958-
245	1	0	_aConfederates in the attic _b: Dispatches from the unfinished Civil War _c/ Tony Horwitz
260			_aNew York _b: Vintage Books/ Random House _c, c1998.
300			_a406 p. _b: maps _c; 25 cm.
520			_aThe first book the author's Russian grandfather bought on emigrating to the U.S., though he neither read nor spoke English, was about the Civil War, a book he still pored over into his 90s. And when Horwitz was a child, his father read him tales of the Civil War instead of fairy tales and children's literature. The powerful hold of that conflict on a diverse assortment of Americans translates into more than 60,000 books on the subject, according to the author; for some Civil War buffs it is an obsession that generates a startling number of clubs whose members regularly reenact the battles, playing out once again the logistics, problems, hardships, leading characters, losses and victories. Horwitz (Baghdad Without a Map), on a year-long exploration of these groups throughout the South, participated in some of their activities and came to know the lives and personalities of several of their members. His vivid, personal account is a mesmerizing review of history from a novel and entertaining angle.
600	1	4	_aHorwitz, Tony _d, 1958-
651			_aUnited States _x-History _y-Civil War, 1861-1865 _x-Influence
942			_cMO
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