This is the first non-myth or fairy tale work of Shepard’s that I’ve read. It is about the famous Christmas Truce in WW I. Shepard relates the story via a soldier’s letter home to his kid sister. It isn’t overly romanticized and seems to capture what many of the soldiers might have been thinking at the time. Shepard also gets high marks for including an afterword that looks at the debate over the accuracy of the story as well as the details of it. He also then places the story in a larger context with the world today. He also includes reading suggestions.
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