Stephen William Berry
Author of House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided by War
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Weirding the War, edited by UGA associate professor Stephen Berry, uses a collection of essays to capture the cultural experiences of the civilians whose lives were torn apart by the four-year war. Readers looking to learn about the battles, the leaders, the politics, and the philosophies, this is not your book. However, if you want to learn about the romance between Southern belles and occupying troops, about ambivalence in the Carolinas, about poverty in the South, or about communities of deserters, this is your book.
The book is organized into six sections, each containing three essays. Topics include: death, women, bodies, torture, honor, and recovery. Each essay is written by a different author, so the tone and style do shift. However, the general tone of the book is impartial and entertaining- often humorous in a very dark, snarky (but not condescending) way. This tone carries from essay to essay with the help of interesting titles like "Love is a Battlefield" and "The Loyal Deserters."
The book's credibility is substantiated through lengthy writer biographies and references.… (more)