The past was a consumable, subject to the national preference for familiar products. And history, in America, is a dish best served plain. The first course could include a dollop of Italian in 1492, but not Spanish spice or French… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“We were raised Methodists,” Sue said. “But we converted to the Confederacy. There wasn’t time for both.” “War is hell,” Ed deadpanned. “And it just might send us there.” — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“I came here from Kansas,” he announced to his captive. “This is a slave state. I want to free all the Negroes in this… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
During a mock battle attended by President Warren Harding in 1921, Marine Corps General Smedley D. Butler exhumed the arm [of Stonewall Jackson; he… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“The way I see it," King said, "your great-grandfather fought and died because he believed my great-grandfather should stay a slave. I'm supposed to… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“I asked him if he thought “there” was better than “here.” “Not better,” he said. “I mean, my great-great-grandpap got his leg shot off.… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“When the singing ended, I chatted with others in my pew, including a tall, aristocratic-looking man with pomaded gray hair. I told him about… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“You asked how I'd define prejudice. That's it. Making assumptions about people you've never met.” — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
I couldn't think of another city in the world that lined its streets with stone leviathans honoring failed rebels against the state. — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“Cook,” the historian Bernard Smith speculates, “increasingly realised that wherever he went he was spreading the curses much more liberally than the benefits of… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“My life has been of but little worth mostly fild [sic] up with vanity.” — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
Egyptians undergo an odd personality change behind the wheel of a car. In every other setting, aggression and impatience are frowned upon. The unofficial… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
“At one stop in New Zealand, an Englishman bartered for sex. He was presented with a boy; when he complained, he was presented with… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
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