That’s what I respect most about Horwitz’s work on the book: he takes the time to make an honest attempt at trying to understanding that which, I suspect, can never fully be understood. They take the time to do the story justice-and a story as complex as this one requires a lot of time if you’re going to be thorough and fair. This, I tell my students, is what good feature writers do. He asked questions, had conversations, observed, listened, and explored the landscape for himself. Of course, Tony Horwitz already wrote it, nearly two decades ago. Here’s a guy who wandered around the South, talking to people about the legacy of the Civil War. If there’s one book I’ve wished I’d written, it’s Confederates in the Attic.
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