tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487782624783333590.post8589361331369747487..comments2023-03-31T05:42:07.760-04:00Comments on Our Country's Fiery Ordeal: Book Review: The Long Road to Antietam, by Richard SlotkinDan Vermilyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09432345682562009779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487782624783333590.post-25279912285825666782012-10-05T15:31:24.165-04:002012-10-05T15:31:24.165-04:00Great review. I too was disappointed in the book. ...Great review. I too was disappointed in the book. Slotkin relies almost entirely on secondary sources particularly Sears. Looking at the footnotes in the back of the book at least 65% reference Sears' books on Antietam, McClellan, and McClellan so-called Letters.<br /><br />I see few references even to the ORR. rcoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17102201338319611538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487782624783333590.post-48439924971636664142012-08-12T22:22:33.349-04:002012-08-12T22:22:33.349-04:00Well said. I ordered this book right after it fir...Well said. I ordered this book right after it first came out several weeks ago. It sits unopened on my coffee table. More of the same. Few primary sources. A disappointment.<br /><br />Jim RosebrockJim Rosebrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16265389768045833247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487782624783333590.post-61561227766973395002012-08-08T07:19:28.981-04:002012-08-08T07:19:28.981-04:00Just being in print doesn't mean anything. As ...Just being in print doesn't mean anything. As my grandfather would say, "Paper is patient. It lets itself be written."Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09252950211368558090noreply@blogger.com