4.5 stars.

I really enjoyed this book. I had heard of Knight, but had never read his story. The trailer for the movie drove me to pick up the book.

It gets a bit dry at points, but I will never tire of the era. Newt was quite a mix of personality traits, compassionate in one breath and brutal as hell the next.

A great look into a moment in time, a horrible moment in time to be sure. But a moment that needs to be remembered, now maybe more than ever.

9 bales of cotton out of 10.