Must read previous post to understand this one:
I have now reached the Civil War and I am crying. I am on the edge of my seat as Goodwin describes those first few days when Washington was cut off from the rest of the North. I feel the anxiety of family and friends as they part ways to defend their home state and face off against one another. For me - I am reminded that war should never be taken lightly. As Goodwin explains - little did anyone know that the next four years would be marked by war and that 600,000 (the equivalent of 5 million today) would die before its end.
I have now reached the Civil War and I am crying. I am on the edge of my seat as Goodwin describes those first few days when Washington was cut off from the rest of the North. I feel the anxiety of family and friends as they part ways to defend their home state and face off against one another. For me - I am reminded that war should never be taken lightly. As Goodwin explains - little did anyone know that the next four years would be marked by war and that 600,000 (the equivalent of 5 million today) would die before its end.
posted by Trissa at 9:53 AM
2 Comments:
Amazing when writing has that kind of effect on you, especially when it involves history with an outcome we already are familiar with.
I love how thoroughly a book can pull me in. I finally finished the book on Lincoln. I totally cried when he was assassinated.
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