he made his way back to georgia,al andon he became a farmer alongside former slaves. -- wh yourat book represents what happened and gives the true e, we storyal regardless of the person. every single person was involved in this and the great country. >> great comment. i want to pick up on one thing you said, and that's is, for me, what i want readers to take away. that's the importance of the service in this commemoration and the testament the heros had ver in their efforts. i have two teenage kids in the age of electronic distraction, the days of throwing the kids intori thce back of the station wagon are long gone, but we have to i'll make an effort to older first folks to h convey how important it is to see the places firsthand. >> when you drive there the sign says where our nation reunited. what's the 1865 view and the abet 2015 view? >> well, again, the 1865 view, u view of this is a moment of reunion and healing. from the very start coexists with a more complicated battle over the meaning of the terms.a batt i alluded to the battle fought out by politicians, by average citizens