There would have to be to start a war you would think, but the authors, James and his brother Christopher Collier, would rather have us believe that most people didn’t really have a reason and, in the South particularly, they were simply fighting because the enemy was in front of them. There were many motives, some more justifiable than others, and a great deal of passion to accompany each opinion. No one could deny that the Civil War was a terribly complex piece of American History. But it is more of a historical book so that being said, I would recommend this to readers that like this time in history or that like older western type stories. All in all I did find the story enjoyable.
I often found myself reading two pages of details on a certain event that went way off of the main story line or problem at hand at the moment. The main thing that I disliked about the book was that it went into massive detail about little things in the book that, to me, did not mean too much to the story line. This was the most exciting part to me and this was where the book really started to pick up the pace. My favorite part was when Johnny got captured while on the wagon train to the capitol. The book had its share of good and not so exciting moments but I would say overall it was a very good book. After a fast choice he must now find a way to get home and make it back to his mother and two younger siblings who depend on him for everything now. He works hard to keep the farm going while his father fights in the war but when his father returns and later dies of a gunshot wound, Johnny wants nothing but revenge.
With Every Drop of Blood is about a boy named Johnny living in the South towards the end of the Civil War.
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