I have mixed feelings about this book. I can't really decide if this
book is supposed to be for the real civil war enthusiast or for casual
interest. The format is wonderfully done with each fact is a small
paragraph and divided into several main theme chapters. My biggest
complaint with the book is that that title is misleading. If you read
the title you think that all of the facts will fall in the bizarre or
famous category etc but they do not. There is one small chapter with
that title, the rest are a lot more dry than interesting. The biggest
selling point to this book is that it is little lots of little
vignettes instead of several pages of a couple of points. This way if
you see something that is interesting you can further research it, if
not just skip over it. I don't think I would purchase this book for
anyone I know with the exception of my sister the history major. The
price is definitely reasonable for the amount of information you
receive and the fact that it is a hardback. I would recommend getting
the ereader version if you plan on leaving the house with the book
though, it is definitely weighty. Disclaimer: I received this book
for free from Thomas Nelson Publishers through BookSneeze.com - their
book review bloggers program. I wasn't required to post a positive
review. These are my own opinions on this book.
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