reflections on Spindle's End

FINALLY got off the phone with a Civil War buff halfway across the country who spent (literally) 20 minutes talking my ear off about local arms manufacturing in the month of April of 1861 when he could have conveyed what he actually wanted to me in less than a minute (all the April 1861 editions of the local German newspaper, pretty please). He wasn't even that terrible compared to most Civil War buffs, but goodness gracious, give me a train person any day. At least they have some awareness that no one else cares about their niche interest and actually apologize for going on and on.



ANYWAY! I wrote up some thoughts on rereading Spindle's End while at my sister's house. And here they are.

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