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History 2020
1 May 20xx
Book Review of Confederates in the Attic As a child who innocently enters an attic only to stumble upon ancient heirlooms and artifacts of a time period long past, Jeff Horwitz delves into the past via an expedition into the heart of the South as he unearths mysteries of the Confederacy within the pages of his book entitled, Confederates in the Attic. The heart of the content found within the book was an accidental and somewhat ironic discovery. Horwitz was no stranger to Civil War history. In fact, his childhood memories were imbedded in Civil War books owned by both his great-grandfather and father. As a Russian immigrant, Horwitz’s great-grandfather continuously perused over a Civil War book filled with graphic pictures. His obsession soon passed to Horwitz who spent many of his childhood days analyzing pictures of soldiers on a battlefield as well as pictures of explicit causalities left to decay after a bitter confrontation. As years progressed, Horwitz’s interests expanded beyond his boyhood obsession with the war. In fact, he did not revisit these boyhood memories until 25 years later when he settled into a new home in Virginia with his Australian wife after nine years spent abroad as a journalist. While settling into his new house, he made a discovery about the unique culture hidden away at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. He was abruptly awoken one morning to sounds of war; however, it was no current conflict or unrest that would be the source of these war cries. On the other hand, it was the echoes of the battle cry sounded by soldiers long dead from conflict between the Confederates and the Yankees during the Civil War. The men responsible for these echoes were Civil War reenactors. However, these were not recreational actors who were putting on a show for tourists; rather, they were