[ottbmare]

I really loathed Confederates in the Attic. I can't stand that snarky, I'm-a-sophisticated-Washington Post-"journalist"-and-I'm-way-above-these-uncultured-Southerners tone he takes. Typical WaPo writing style. I disliked it especially because people I know and am fond of appear in the book and are made to look like foolish losers.

[Floyd Rivers]

Thanks for your perspective. I have heard that when you know someone or some people who have been written about, that they are often misrepresented or slighted by the author for his own gain/purposes. I was born in Georgia(though I grew up way out west), and hold a solid, if somewhat romanticized, respect for Southerners and Southern culture. I never really detected too much of a snobbish, “I'm better than these folks”, tone to his writing. In fact, there were parts where he clearly writes about being chided or poked at by some of his interviewees as not being Southern enough to really “get it”. Perhaps I'll read it again.