Comments on: Just Released: “The Long Shadow of the Civil War” http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/ histories of unconventional southerners Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: renegadesouth http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1694 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:51:31 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1694 Thanks, Daniel, for your good wishes, and for stopping by Renegade South. I hope you like the new book, and I appreciate your willingness to review it on your blog, Civil War History.

Vikki

]]> By: Daniel Sauerwein http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1693 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:04:36 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1693 Dr. Bynum,

Congrats on your new book. I actually just learned about it at Kevin Levin’s blog, as I have been busy lately. I hope to get a copy soon and plan to review it on my blog. I ended up asking my father to review State of Jones, as I was “tainted” by knowing the goings on in the blogosphere and felt that I could not review it fairly. I am still waiting on him to finish it. Anyway, I hope things are going well for your blog and will try to stop in more. Best of luck with the new book and best wishes.

Daniel

]]> By: renegadesouth http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1691 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:11:18 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1691 Thank you, Jon.

Vikki

]]> By: renegadesouth http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1690 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 10:37:04 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1690 Cindy,

It’s great to receive a comment from an avid reader of the site, and a direct descendant of Jones County’s Civil War sheriff as well! I’m pleased that you enjoyed the new book.

Writing the chapter on Newt Knight’s thirty-year claims process was a real challenge as well as fascinating, and I hope other readers will also enjoy the complicated story it tells. The files are held at the National Archives in Washington DC, and are quite lengthy. If you go to my endnotes for that chapter, you will find the exact reference for them.

Thank you for reading Long Shadow of the Civil War (and my other works, too!) and for taking the time to post on Renegade South.

Vikki

]]> By: Jon Odell http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1687 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:53:54 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1687 Just finished the UNC interview. If the book is just half as good as the interview, it will be more than worth the read. Can’t wait for the book!

Jon

]]> By: Cindy DeVall http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1686 Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:41:52 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1686 Vikki.

Just finished your book. Your storytelling is such a gift. I have read all of your books and I have a whole new view.

My great grandfather was Edmond Maclin DeVall, sheriff of Jones Co during the Civil War. It is so interesting to read about him thru your books.

My question: Is there a direction you can point me to that has all of the transcripts of the Newton Knight Claims “trials”?

Please keep up the research. I really read all the posts on this site and have learned a great deal about “the rest of the story”.

Cindy

]]> By: renegadesouth http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1670 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:37:42 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1670 Vikky, you’ve got to be the first person to finish the book since its release! Thanks so much for your ringing endorsement of the sort of history that I write. I’ve always found that the past, especially the kind preserved in court houses and basements, renders stories more surprising than fiction.

Vikki

]]> By: Vikky Anders http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1664 Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:16:23 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1664 ‘The Long Shadow of the Civil War’. What a treat! But only if one enjoys great story telling……The subtitle of this book provides a big clue. ‘Southern dissent and it’s legacies”. And dissent they did. All the way into the 20th Century. Vikki is one great myth buster. Perhaps it has something to do with her willingness to pore over thousands of old documents and then sort out fact from fiction. Even a review of her bibliography makes for interesting reading.

Vikki is my kind of historian. A wordsmith who can also tell a great story. And yes, also a very sad story. Who can read any details about the Civil War and not be moved by the needless suffering and deaths that went on and on and on. Still, this is our collective American history. And regardless of age, we need to know these facts. Socialists in TX early 20th century? Who knew? Want enlightenment? This is the book to read!

A treat listening to Dr G and his Mud Cats as I type away on this blog.

Vikky Anders in San Diego

]]> By: renegadesouth http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1661 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:26:58 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1661 Thanks Leroy–Maybe you’ll move my book up on your list!

Vikki

]]> By: Leroy Brister http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/02/18/just-released-the-long-shadow-of-the-civil-war/#comment-1658 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:40:36 +0000 http://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/?p=1609#comment-1658 Oh Lord! Now I have to buy another book! I’m only backed up about 50 or 75.

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