CSPAN2 Book TV February 27, 2012
approach to this book? >> the first thing about approach is it gave me to much credit when you say approach. the book is not at all the book i thought i was going to write when i started. i started with an interest in civil war soldiers and the desire to read their mail. but absolutely no intention at all of writing about soldiers and slavery. none because i didn't think i would talk about it. i was interested in enlisting the soldiers and the farmers and shopkeepers and the bus leaves holders and then the number grain growers, so i didn't think we were going to care about slavery ve...
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