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Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America
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by William C. Davis
Sales Rank: 655947
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List Price: $17.00
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on 9-14-2008.
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Cover Type: Paperback with 496 pages
Published by: Free Press April 1, 2003
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0743234995
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0743234993
Book Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.5 x 1.2 inches
Weighs: 1 pounds
Reader Reviews
This review is from: Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America (Hardcover)
Folks like to say that this book is "good" but it's "not Davis's best." I would say that it IS his best, and certainly deserving of some attention from the various prize committees. The author's treatment of the creation of the Provisional Government and drafting of the Permanent Constitution are a real joy, if you like political history. That's an important point: This book is essentially a political history, with some special treatment of critical social issues such as slavery and commerce. It is not a military history of the Civil War. Those readers expecting that will be disappointed. What Philadelphia was to the United States, Montgomery (Alabama) was to the Confederate States and Davis handles this episode with authority. The chapters about the various forms of apology and propaganda in support of slavery are mind bending. As grave as many of these topics are, Davis animates them with beautiful narrative prose and scholarly rigor. His topics are terribly unfashionable which, unfortunately, hinders his chances for a (well deserved) major prize. Books like this should be read by a general audience, as they illuminate much about pre-Civil War American politics as much as they do about Southern history.
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