I don’t think that anyone has said that it was foolish or unhistorical. I do believe that I said that it was romanticized. I doubt that any serious examination of the novel or the movie wouldn’t admit that it was a highly biased treatment of events.
No, I’ve been told over and over again that GWTW contains no history and that I am stupid for treating it with respect. Why do I think most of the people commenting here have never bothered to crack it open? Despite its Pulitzer Prize and it’s amazing longevity? It created a generation of historians after it was published. It is, of course, written from the southern point of view - that is without a doubt. But that does not negate its accuracy as to time and place. Another problem, is that it has been a victim of political correctness. Because its presentation of slavery and blacks is from a unique and antique point of view, it has been shunted aside as a lie. But it is NOT The Klansman.
For those who want a wonderful book written from the Union side, I would recommend Gore Vidal’s brilliant “Lincoln.” I couldn’t put it down and reread it every other year.
I’m sorry that a couple of freepers have bought lock, stock and barrel into the noxious political correctness of our time. I truly fear a time when books like GWTW will be banned.