Ghost Stories by Casey McDonough depicts a fairly standard modern American man going through one such journey to an understanding of the men of the past. This is something our opponents have never experienced. They have placed our heroes of the past firmly in the category of “Marvel movie villain”. People who’s goal is to destroy the world, or just simply hurt people. We all know that’s not the case, and the characters of the story are presented with this challenge to their worldview and have to resolve that internal dilemma. The whole story is well written and gripping, and especially poignant for anyone with Southern ancestry.

Why We Fight by Arminius is an excellent distillation of that underlying current of the book, as well as a shot in the arm to spur us on toward greater things. I may still do a podcast bit containing this one, so I don’t want to spoil it too much, but I’ll drop the final words here. “Victory is who we are.”

This entire book is like a highly concentrated anti-depressant and pre-workout mix in written form. There are many works contained herein that I have not mentioned that deeply affected me. I encourage anyone to try it, read it slowly, one or two works at a time, and speak all poetry out loud. Whether our grandchildren will be studying in a quiet schoolhouse, or a remote forest grove, this is one of the books they will be reading. Hail Victory

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