A New Book

I have just finished a really good book!  I finished Mockingjay a while back, but I did not feel that I was done blogging for it yet.  The book that I just finished is called Shiloh by Shelby Foote.  If you like the American Civil War or just history in general you would love this book!  Shelby Foote's writing is fantastic!  He writes with so much detail you would think that he was really there.  Shiloh is a book about many different people and their experiences at the Battle of Shiloh.   It goes back and forth between Confederate and Union so that you get both sides of the story.  Some of the characters are even mentioned in each others' stories.  (which I think makes it more interesting)  My favorite part of this book is the way that Shelby Foote ends its.  He ends the book with the same person that started the book.  However now he is in a very different situation.  I will not go into further detail about that though, so as not to ruin the book!  This book really helped me get a better feel for the battle.  I learned a lot that I did not know before from it.  However, I is not actually non-fiction.  The characters were not really people.  Still, the things that they saw happening around them are true to what really happened at the battle.   

I would highly recommend this book if you love American history.  Even if you not a big fan I would still encourage you to give it a try.  It is a great read!