Civil War (Eyewitness book)

Author: John Stanchak
Stars: 3
Review by: MandyApgar
OK, but certainly not the best of the series, and especially in light of what was left out. A basic, readable book on the conflict from the normally excellent series. It glossed over the origins a bit too quickly, covered very little actual battles (Antietam did not even get an entry), and focused more so on life during the war instead of the actual war itself. Plus it stated the Booth yelling "sic semper tyrannus" myth after Lincoln's assassination, which is so untrue that Ford's Theatre has a giant sign when you come in saying how it irritates them so. Clara Barton and cultural attitudes are all fine and good, but it is rather pointless to have a book on war when the reader is given so little about it. Still however, it is a nice place to start.