
Company Aytch
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Narrated by:
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Dan Calhoun
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By:
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Sam Watkins
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Editorial reviews
Sam Watkins' lively account of being a soldier in the Confederate Army was first published in 1881 as a series of columns in his hometown newspaper in Columbia, Tennessee, and persists to this day as one of the most widely beloved accounts of a soldier's experience of the Civil War. Watkins has a keen wit and observation - as well as knack for storytelling - reminiscent of Mark Twain. Dan Calhoun's performance has a wonderfully anachronistic character, which allows the listener to feel as if it is indeed Watkins who is recounting the remarkable chronicles found in Company Aytch.
Critic reviews
"A memoir of staggering significance, wit, and beauty." (Ken Burns)
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Where does Company Aytch rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best "true life" books.Who was your favorite character and why?
Sam, of course.What does Dan Calhoun bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Gave it a real sense of immediacy. Emotional when it fit.Incredible insights
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Great memoir but not great narrator
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Good story dry reading
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Nothing can top being there.
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Great book; not-so-great reader
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What did you love best about Company Aytch?
I love the candid writing style of this first hand account of the war. I also really enjoyed the insight into the personality and language of the writer. I personally really appreciate his view of God. He referenced him many times as "he who does all things well".Any additional comments?
I do not like how Dan Calhoun continually pronounces "saw" as "soar" and "cavalry" as "calvary". It's like someone in modern times saying "nuke-you-ler" instead of "new-clear" (nuclear). It's distracting but I really enjoyed the book anyway.Very good story, but some nitpcks with the reading
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Company Aytch
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"Company Aytch" is considered a Classic in this genera, as well as it should be. I could not imagine a modern infantryman putting up with the privations, executions and real battle slaughter as happened during the Civil War.
The companion book to "Company Aytch" is "All For the Union", written by Elisha Hunt Rhodes (2nd Rhode Island, USA). Between the two of these men, they served through all four years of the Civil War from 1st Manassas to Appomattax, through every major engagement between North and South, and lived to tell the tale. Neither are 'Big Bugs', as Sam Watkins puts it, just a couple of plain private soldiers (although Rhodes advanced to Lt. by the war's end, while Watkins only made it to Corporal).
For a 'real' look at the Civil War, read BOTH of these books. Well Recommended!
A Great Book, the Wrong Reader
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I hung in there for Sam.
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But - the narrator is terrible - he drones on and the accent (I thought it was Maine) is very distracting. Too bad that it impacts the overall presentation of a good story.
good story - but tough to listen
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