where i stood on that. when you write a book like valley of the shadows, people read it for entertainment, they you know you want to learn about history, i do it in my books. although my books are nonif i can nonfiction and yours are fiction. they talk about what happened. very historically accurate. does it have any relevance other than entertainment value? it has a lot of relevance. it s incredible dramatic. for instance how our country has changed. we agonize about the two civilians killed. a civil war, 750,000 americans died to determine the future of the country. on those battlefields at cedar creek and fisher s hill. there were future american presidents, mckin will iley, and you