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Twentieth Century Cabells and their Kin

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This could have been titled "The Cabells and Our Country". While history may be presented in a dull and uninteresting manner, this volume reads as if it were historical fiction of the John Jakes genre. If the author is offended by this comparison, he shouldn't be. From Vol. I, Dr. William Cabell, the Immigrant, who didn't charge patients if he didn't cure them, through the contemporaries of Washington and Jefferson who helped to launch the Revolutionary War and then fought in it, Cabells are there. Vol. I continues through the Civil War with the 6 Cabell brothers of Danville and their sacrifices, to the turn of the century. The 20th Century Volume covers the Spanish- American War, where a former Confederate cavalry general volunteers for active service, followed by WWI, WWII, the Berlin Airlift where a Cabell wife accompanies her husband on the flights and pushes cargo from the plane, the Korean War and Viet Nam. When the bugle sounded, the Cabells responded. If you want to know anything about the 20th Century Cabells, this is the book. If you just want to feel some of the many facets of 20th Century History and how it was flavored by real people such as the Cabells, you could do a lot worse than this book. Randolph Wall Cabell has done a historical tour de force for the Cabell family and for those interested in the human side of our country's history.