Audio Book Released Today by the Sons of Confederate Veterans

(Atlanta - December 21, 2011)  The Georgia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has just released their first audio book in conjunction with the Sesquicentennial commemoration of the War Between the States.  Available to middle and high school history teachers in Georgia for the past several years as supplemental written curriculum material, The Other Side of the Coin: A Southern View of the War for Southern Independence has now been produced as an audio book available to the general public. 

The Georgia Division has become the leading organization in America for supplying historically accurate information on the Southern role during the War Between the States.  On the reason behind the release of the audio book version of The Other Side of the Coin, Georgia Division Commander Jack Bridwell said, "It has been our goal to provide an accurate version of the facts and motives surrounding the South's participation in the War.  So many of the history textbooks currently being used in high schools and colleges have adopted a revisionist view of history that is quite different than the traditional version of history taught for generations throughout America.  It is merely a symptom of the same attack going on against everything that is good about America's past -- an attempt to denigrate traditional American values and heroes.  There was a time when all American school children were taught that Robert E. Lee and the South were great examples of our Christian American heritage; now our children are taught that they should be ashamed of their own heritage.  Consequently, our young people today have no sense of who they are and are turning to drugs, gangs, and other types of dysfunctional lifestyles.  We are excited about the effectiveness already of The Other Side of the Coin in presenting an alternative to the revisionist history presented in so many of the textbooks, and we are happy to make the audio version of it available to the general public."

In keeping with other work of the Georgia Division, The Other Side of the Coin is being offered free of charge to the public as an immediate mp3 download on the Division website at www.GeorgiaSCV.org.  The audio book is also in production on CD and will be available to the public in the near future.  Teachers, parents, and homeschool families can download a free printed copy of the curriculum online, as well.  This project comes after the Georgia Division recently announced the sale of 100,000 copies of the CD "The Truth About the Confederate Battle Flag," which is also available free of charge online.

To obtain a free download of The Other Side of the Coin as an audio book or printed curriculum, please visit www.GeorgiaSCV.org.  Interviews regarding this or other projects by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the War may be arranged by calling Georgia Division Commander Jack Bridwell at at 1-866-SCV-in-GA or online at www.GeorgiaSCV.org.

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