Reviews
A comprehensive social history of the memorialization of [Florida soldiers] from Reconstruction to the present, tracing the efforts of various organizations to control the messages conveyed by these bronze and stone markers.
--Civil War Books and Authors
A first-rate scholarly study that illuminates how and why these monuments were erected in Florida’s postwar, poverty-stricken conditions....An indispensable memory study for those with an interest in historic Florida.
--Civil War News
A thorough catalogue of Civil War monuments in Florida that ably highlights initiatives of interest beyond the state.... A treasure trove of information.
--Civil War Book Review
Elucidates the movers and shakers that over time have manufactured the ‘Lost Cause’ scenario in the state once characterized by Whitelaw Reid as ‘the smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.’
--Civil War Monitor
By carefully and thoroughly researching Florida’s monuments and then situating them within the larger histories of the Civil War, the evolution of Civil War and southern memory, and the sociocultural changes in the South, Lees and Gaske have written an engaging, informative, and useful book.
--Florida Historical Quarterly
As well worth a dip or two as the clear waters off the Sunshine State’s beaches.
--Journal of America’s Military Past
Lees and Gaske’s detailed text is accessibly written for a range of audiences, and their exhaustive efforts have generated a unique resource.
--Journal of Southern History