Katherine Cann

I originally bought this book for school back in 2014, but decided to reread it for a Summer Reading Program. I gotta say that this book was much better the second time around. Part of the reason for this is that I now have a better knowledge of the places the book talks about. For example, I know where Cowpens and Ninety Six and King's Mountain are, but only recently did I know about Musgrove Mill or Wofford Ironworks. I've even been to Walnut Grove Plantation and seen the upstairs part of the house. Rereading the book now, I can picture the battles in my head and match the scenery from my memory. (Even though the Siege of Ninety Six wasn't in this book I can still see the star fort)

This book is a gem chock full of local history that they don't teach in schools anymore. Sadly very few students know about Cowpens or Kings Mountain. This area was turned into a war zone where there wasn't a good side or a bad side. These were battles between neighbors; British vs. British, not British vs. American. These battles and atrocities really happened here. And it was because our ancestors fought that the United States is what it is. Personally, I take some pride in that.… (mais)