Bethany: A Story of the Old South By Thomas E. Watson
Bethany hamilton
IN the effort to show the state of opinion and of feeling in the South immediately prior to the Civil War it seemed to the author that no method could be better than to let the historical characters speak for themselves Into the mouths of Toombs Stephens Johnston and others he has put their real sentiments though he has seldom used their own words The entire first part of Bethany is devoted to the conditions existing from 1856 to 1861 The author thought it best not to mix personal narrative with these tremendous political issues and movements In the second part of the book no effort has been made to manufacture an intricate plot and to work it out to a happy conclusion The purpose of the author was to make a true picture of the times and the people so he has let what actually happened appear in the book as it happened It is only in conventional novels that lovers invariably reach sunshine and marriage In real life they are too often lost in the mists and go their separate ways in the dark. Bethany guerriero The story itself is simply that of a young Confederate Volunteer who met death in the service having loved and lost a Southern girl of rare promise and beauty The book is frankly Southern in tone but not offensively so I trust If it contains a single bitter paragraph it is there by inadvertence In the Preface Mr Watson stated When it shall have gradually dawned upon all Northern writers that the Southern States in 1860 did no than exercise a right which had been almost universally conceded from the founding of the Government a right in which the seceders believed and which the provocation seemed to call for the use of then perhaps we shall have historical literature which does not stigmatize us as rebels and our leaders as traitors Not till that time comes will there be the complete reconciliation which should be the supreme desire of all patriots Bethany A Story of the Old SouthThis is a very readable book about The Old South and the struggles with Northern thought and values It has a frank and introspective tone Although it took me the better part of eight months to read it was a well written and Interest holding story Bethany A Story of the Old South
| Bethany: A Story of the Old South By Thomas E. Watson |
| English |
| 237 |
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