engpunk77's review
3.0
About history, remembering. The boy juxtaposes the past & present of a former Civil War battlefield that will soon be his property in the same way that we all do when we stand at the site of some historically significant moment. Poetic, sentimental, but I didn't appreciate the father's observation that the Civil War was the "worst kind" of war because it was "us against us." Brother against brother. I disagree, but getting the kids to think that people who were once "friends" could end up so extremely on different sides of a war or an issue is valuable to an extent. I'll have my son read it, but it's not a "must read." I'm anxious to see his reaction.
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