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John C. Inscoe's collection of essays reads almost like a monograph. It focuses on patterns in and public memory about Appalachia's experience of the Civil War. Inscoe sets a model for similar works through having a common topic and updating each essay to make it current. The chapters do contain more overlap than is typical for most monographs. Yet, aided by his clear, smooth, and interesting writing style, they insure that readers finish with a solid comprehension of the subject and its bibliography. Inscoe argues that the common image of Civil War Appalachia as a homogenous white unionist society is a myth created during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by writers casting the story in values then attractive to wealthier northerners in order to encourage investment in the region. In reality unionists were a minority, slaves were present, and the story had other significant elements. To investigate and critique the image, the author examines histories, novels, films, and a play.
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