Review: It has to be somewhere in the Top 10 of American classics!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
It belongs in the glorious company of "to kill a Mockingbird" ... "The Great Gatsby" ... "Huck Finn" ... Tom Sawyer" ... "The Scarlet Letter" ... it is an American treasure and classic.If you really want to enrich the fabric of your understanding of what it is to be an American (born or naturalized!) then this book is an absolute essential. It is a textbook for patriotism and love of country ... despite it's flaws!You feel the young man's fear and smell the powder and hear the cannon. This book is both visual and experiential.It horribly and harshly confirms the human tragedy of the unspeakable events in the war between the states.It is not an easy read. Buy it if your soul needs the truth!