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adkwriter15's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This is not light reading. However, for anyone interested in the historical continuum of how myths these we take as fact are created - in this case surrounding the Civil War - it is a mind bending read.
enmaaii's review
5.0
Excellent collection of primary resources for those that want to understand a bit more behind the cult of the Lost Cause. Especially good for those of us that grew up in that culture and are relearning history without a biased lens.
mcf's review
5.0
This is a book with a clear agenda (and how nice to read a book intended for use in school that states its agenda clearly and simply from the start!), and that, in large part, is to disprove the increasingly pervasive myth that the South seceded from the union to protect states' rights, and not to defend slavery and white supremacy. To support the slavery thesis, Loewen and Sebesta provide dozens upon dozens of devastating primary sources which, taken together, make it abundantly clear that slavery was, in fact, the main factor behind the southern departure. What follows in the book are chapters of documents illuminating the development of the myth of the pure, anti-slavery Confederacy, and how that myth survives -- and is used -- today. It's an immensely powerful, informative volume no matter one's occupation but, for teachers, it's a hugely valuable resource.
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