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Southern by the Grace of God

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For Southerners (or others) in the early stages of discovering that many of the things we were taught about the South and the War Between the States aren't really true, Michael Andrew Grissom's book is a good introduction to all the Southerner has to be proud of.

I found the first section of the book, in which Grissom discusses attributes of Southerners and the South -- accents, food, and the like -- to be among the most entertaining. He tells the story of the War (including explaining why 'the War' means only one thing to true Southerners) and Reconstruction, paints moving portraits of Southern heroes, and recounts some Southern myths and folklore.

To someone familiar with other Southern-perspective histories of the War and its impact on the South, including Jefferson Davis' 'Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government,' Edward Pollard, or even the Kennedy brothers (not to mention unblinkered histories like Jeffery Rogers Hummel's 'Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men'), the central section of the book adds little that's new. Grissom helpfully includes a long bibliography, with recommendations for additional reading and study.

Perhaps the most interesting and evocative section of the book is Grissom's extensive collection of Southern photographs, most never before published, and nearly all dating from the War to the early years of the Twentieth Century.

Southerners and Yankees alike need to read this book. It should be required reading for every school student. In an age where so much of the great history of the South is being erased, misinterpreted and looked down upon, this book gives every Rebel a reason to be proud. Southerners should read this book, and hopefully it will renew their pride and fire. While the book centers mainly on the War Between the States, it also touches on other important subjects, such as the disappearance of the Southern dialect. An important book. God Save the South!

So many books written about the South are always biased and filled with liberal propaganda and ignorant stereotypes. Mr. Grissom writes cleverly, and amazingly objectively about what Southern culture and heritage are all about. I reccommend this book for any Northerner who doesn't understand the mind of the South, and to any Southerner who has lost touch with their roots. No book is more eloquent in terms of dealing with a subject which in recent years has actually become taboo! Save your Dixie Cups boys, the South is gonna rise again!

Michael Andrew Grissom is a God-send! To Southerners, you must read this book-we have much reason to be proud. Northerners-if you value the truth, you must read this book. Not only is Grissom a gifted writer, but he is also a thorough historical researcher. Everything in the book is FULLY DOCUMENTED. We all, Northerners and Southerners, should realize one thing--The winner of war takes all, including the telling of history. Of course, history courses in the public schools have always been geared to glorify what Yankees did, but Grissom reveals what Yankees don't want anyone to know, such as the fact that before, during, and after the war, many northern states passed legislation which banned black people from coming to their state to set up residence. So, in essence, many Northerners were saying, "We want you to be free, but don't come up here and live among us!" There is much history yet to be learned which lies hidden, many times purposely hidden. Grissom brings the North's skeletons out of the closet. It is about time. Long live the South and long live Mike Grissom!

I enjoyed the book immensely. It was so refreshing. It is uncommon because it shows the people of the Southland in a very different light; a positive one. It exposes the Southern for what they were and are Good-hearted, Honest, Family-oriented, God-loving people. It accents the idiosyncrasies of the South and this gave me a good feeling sort of like coming home. It then directs attention to the American Halocaust (The Northern invasion of the nation called the Confederate States of America). The handling of this topic is exceptional. Telling the story of southern soldiers, heros, families and folklore.

Everyone can benefit from this book, irregardless of your state or country of origin.

Buy it and read it! After your finished pass it on, give it to a loved one, loan it to a friend, etc...

Michael Andrew Grissom, who is today's Nathan Bedford Forest, brings out the southerner in everyone below the Mason-Dixon line. Grissom takes on the issues and gives an answer to every southerner of why he should be proud to be from the South. Grissom defends our culture as no one has in a while. This book belongs in every school, home and church. "Southern by the Grace of God" is a marvelous work that tells us why we are special in being southern and tells of the battle to take away our special way of life. One section of the book deals with things that are peculiar to the South and why. Read and rejoice for you too are from DIXIE !!!!!

I throughly enjoyed reading this book. I hope that many will read this exciting work. Many truths are here....documented for your convenience. It definately is a cooperative book with other Southern Histories. And for anyone who beats the dead horse about Abe Lincoln "saving the country from catastrophe" let me remind you that he went to war with the South. How in the world did that somehow "save" us? He attempted Southern Genocide. You cannot change history...it's already been written. Grissom just reminds us.

Excellent book...well written, painstakingly researched, and extremely accurate. Read this book and you'll know why Southerners still don't trust Yankees and you'll understand why the "War of Northern Aggression" is still being fought today.

I love this book and the courage of Michael Grissom for writing it.

"The Confederate soldiers were our kinfolk and our heroes. We testify to the country our enduring fidelity to their memory.
We commemorate their valor and devotion. There were some things that were not surrendered at Appomatox. We did not surrender our rights in history, nor was it one of the conditions of
surrender that unfriendly lips should be suffered to tell the story of that war or that unfriendly hands should write the epitaphs of our Confederate dead.
We have a right to teach our children the true history of that war, the causes that led up to it, and the principles involved."

Senator Edward W. Carmack, 1903

I have already written one review of this book calling it "Second Only to the Bible". I am writing this review to point out that the reviewer from Alpharetta, Georgia, has been successfully brainwashed by the federally controlled public school system which has erased all good aspects of the South from the minds of America's children. I am a historian (I have a degree and majored in history in case that matters to you), and I have researched numerous archives and courthouses all over the South for more than sixteen years--starting when I was eleven years old. I have seen with my own eyes a vast amount of original documents which back up EVERYTHING Michael Grissom wrote. If anyone does not believe me, then I would like to recommend the book, "When in the Course of Human Events" by Charles Adams, a northern historian, who very interestingly shows the truth of the war from the British perspective among others. Adams, like Grissom, does not have an axe to grind. He simply presents historical documentation which proves that the South was wrongfully attacked and continues to be under attack by people who do not value individualism nor the cultural heritage of others. The sad thing is that so many Southerners who have Confederate heritage hang their heads in shame because the federally controlled public schools teach them to. In the documentary "Africans in America," an African-American woman described it best when she said, "Slavery was not a Southern problem; it was an American problem." The South most certainly did not create slavery--Yankee ship merchants did that. Like it or not, to those who have open minds and open eyes, it can be readily seen that the federal government cunningly encourages racial division in order to spear head their own agendas--"Keep the people bickering among themselves, and they won't notice what we are doing." Every time progress is made between whites and blacks to live closer in harmony, the federal government is always able to manipulate and create further tensions. It is truly sickening. I am white and I have several black friends and I know of countless other white-black friendships. And, I know that friendship and harmony between the races would be even greater if the government and the media would stop harassing Americans of every description. And, as for Michael Andrew Grissom, he is an extremely credible historian and a talented writer, and a gentleman. I cannot say enough good about him.