![]() The prologue opens with the transfer of the U.S. Walt Whitman’s eponymous poem “1861” sets the right tone for what follows: “Arm’d year! year of the struggle! / No dainty rhymes or sentimental love verses for you, terrible / year!” The Whitman poem also suggests the continental sweep of Goodheart’s 1861, as well as its Northern viewpoint. Goodheart has chosen his main epigraph well. Adam Goodheart’s 1861 happens to be such a book. Like movie trailers, book blurbs are meant to dazzle, so they tend to use “wow” words such as “original,” “gripping” and “epic.” Fortunate, indeed, is the reviewer who encounters a book deserving of such lavish praise. ![]() ![]() Their purpose is to entice readers into buying the book by offering a preview of coming attractions. ![]() Book reviewers are understandably wary of book blurbs. ![]()
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