The Last Rebel Yell by Michael Andrew Grissom

We’d love to know the identity of the “favorite Southern singer” mentioned in the inscription, as well as the inscriber’s last name. But we’re going to pass on reading this backwards book.

While doing some research, we came upon this “about the author” on Amazon – Michael Andrew Grissom tells the story of when he was in the fifth grade and teachers were beginning to introduce the students to civics and history. He took his books home and started to wonder about the thing they called the “Civil War.” Finally, his mother sat him down and explained very concisely, “Well, let me tell you how it was. Lee was the good guy, and Grant was the bad guy.” And Grissom says, “It stuck. I remain solidly convinced to this day that my mother was right.” Ohhkay then. Moving right along…