tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post7174823335918235251..comments2023-05-27T01:53:21.676-04:00Comments on Diane L. Major: Antique StyleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033598682489350651.post-3111745602085245952015-01-23T12:26:01.787-05:002015-01-23T12:26:01.787-05:00If I were to give a recommendation, I'd choose...If I were to give a recommendation, I'd choose Mary Chestnut's Civil War. It received the Pulitzer Prize in History back in '83 I think. What I love about it is, not only the intimate look of the war from a direct perspective, but the language of the day. How they formulated sentences, their word choices, etc. (I shall, vs I will for example.) And from what I remember, there were no contractions, or very little use of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com