"The Civil War still rages across the South in ways both quirky and compelling. "Hardcore" reenacdtors crash-diet to resemble the starved Confederates and spoon in ditches to stave off frostbite. A Scarlett O'Hara impersonatorlifts 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 Horowitz takes us on a ten-state adventure, from Getttysburg to Vicksburg, from Charleston graveyards to Tennessee taverns. Probing both the history of the Civil War and its potent echo in the present, Horowitz crafts an eloquent, fast-paced, and penetrating travelogue that shows how the Lost Cause still resonates in the memory and rituals of the South"

Fascinating! I have a relative married into an old Virginia family. I once commented to Tim that because of a lot of my reading, I had come to use not the term "Civil War" of my New England upbringing, but rather "The War Between the States." He reponded with "Correction: The War of Northern Aggression!"
I kept recalling that brief exchange as I read tis book the first time. And now that I've moved to Missouri (the Kingdom of Callway, no less) and read it again, it resonates still more.