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"Join author John Banks on a captivating journey through America's rich history as he explores famous battlefields, historic homes, and forts across the country. Over more than a year, John Banks crisscrossed the country, exploring battlefields, historic houses, forts, and more. He rode on the back of an ATV with his ""psychotic connection"" in Mississippi, went under the spell of an amateur hypnotist at a U.S. Army fort in Tennessee, admired a sunset from the grounds of the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia, prayed during a tense boat ride in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, and briefly interviewed Louie the wild boar in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Join him on a road trip like no other."

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"""From struggling through brambles with a guide he just met to coaxing his way into a house that served as a hospital, John Banks brings humor and soulful meaning to his journey to learn about forgotten battles and people. This fascinating exploration of the nooks and crannies of the Civil War will fire your passion to get out and ramble.""--Dana Shoaf, editor Civil War Times magazine ""Nearly 50 years later, my first ""cognizant"" visit to a Civil War battlefield remains emblazoned in my mind: Gettysburg, 1974. Even at the age of 12, the awe I felt standing before the monuments on that hallowed land was all-consuming, and it is an awe I have never lost. I bring this up because John Banks, with whom I've had a privilege to work for several years now, is another who shares that complete sense of awe for this sacred ground, as you will see upon reading this incredible book. I am thankful - and a little bit of envious -- that John allows us to follow so intimately in his footsteps in exploring these sometimes-remote corners of the Civil War, and I am confident you will share that gratitude. John's extended ""road trip"" is a fitting tribute to the men and woman who sanctified this landscape. You will not be able to able to put this book down!""--Christopher K. Howland, Editor of America's Civil War ""What John Banks so brilliantly captures is the truth that history is organic, not static. The people who maintain such close ties to the war, and their reasons for doing so, are themselves part of a story now.""--Tim Rowland, author of Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War and other books"

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"John Banks, a longtime journalist, is a columnist for Civil War Times magazine. His work has also appeared in the New York Times, Dallas Morning News, American History, America's Civil War and elsewhere. Banks is secretary-treasurer of The Center for Civil War Photography and a board member of the Save Historic Antietam Foundation and Battle of Nashville Trust. He lives in Nashville with his wife, Carol -- his beloved ""Mrs. B."""

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