This series joins my favorite movies of the Civil War:Īs I reviewed portions of the North and South, I looked at those conflicts again, foremost among them, slavery. The conflicts of the United States are dramatically displayed, slavery in the South, industrial revolution in the North, the politics of war, states’ rights versus central government, and profiteering. During the period before the Civil War, they faced struggles in their friendship, mirror conflicts in the nation. The two main characters-Orry Main from South Carolina and George Hazard from Pennsylvania-became best friends and remained best friends through the Mexican American War. Although they are a romantic adaptation of historical fiction of the Civil War following two West Point cadets, it is a very good representation of the causes of the war. John Jakes’s North and South Books I and II became one of my favorite Civil War miniseries.
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