Rare Photos of the American Civil War in Color
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2023
- Step back in time and experience the American Civil War like never before!
In this mesmerizing video, we delve into history to unveil a collection of rarely-seen photographs from one of the most pivotal moments in American history. Join us as we transport you to the 1860s through the magic of colorization, bringing these black-and-white images to life in stunning detail.
From battlefields to portraits of iconic figures, each image has been carefully restored to provide a fresh perspective on the American Civil War.
This video isn't just a feast for the eyes; it's a journey through time and a lesson in history. Whether you're a history buff or simply curious about this transformative era, you'll be captivated by the stories these colorized photos tell.
With colorization, you'll notice subtleties and nuances that were previously obscured. The uniforms, landscapes, and emotions of the people captured in these photographs come to life in ways you've never imagined.
Join us on this unique journey through time and witness the American Civil War in all its vivid, colorful glory.
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Color makes you feel more like it was not that long ago
True James.
Actually, it wasn't. My grandfather was a young boy during that war.
Mine as well. He remembered the union soldiers coming home. He was five. I am 76.
No, that war was not so long ago; its repercusions ripple to the present.
It wasn’t long ago, actually a blink! We living in a 24 hour society 😢
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My grandfather fought in this war when he was 15 years old. He died in 1953, aged 103.
I was born in 1951. The end of the Civil War was as close -1865- to my birthdate as WW2's start -1939- is to our time now. Living memory. I met many people who were the children of CW vets.
@@hughbrennan9066 time is weird. it's not as long as it seems
@@joeg5414yeah we just don't live that long it sucks.
How old are you sir that you grandfather served in civil war? WW2 era?
@@hughbrennan9066Did you know that the soldiers and the children of the soldiers received some type of $ from government and there is still a woman collecting she's 90ish and her father was in late 70s when she was born. Look it up.She may of passed by now but there was a show about her a few years back on TV.
All of this passed over 150 years ago and still the images tug at one's heart!
Its emotional that familys killed each other all over replacing the Republic with a fraudulent govermntal body
That is one of the reasons I love history, but also a motivation to improve. Even if the improvement is not that noticeable at first. It would be cool to go back in time and really understand the consistency over time and any genuine human change over many generations. God Bless!
@@Look_At_Past_Present_Future Thank You and May God bless you as well!!! ...“that these dead shall not have died in vain- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth” President Abraham Lincoln
Mine too. I am 78 years old. More good men die than any other war put together. What a waste.
I'm only 31 and it tugged on mine too.. and to think we're headed right back in this direction
What I like about the colorized pictures is that they give the impression of actually seeing these events yourself, rather than observing historical photographs.
Computer program takes white to black...then analyzes all the shades of gray to a specific color.
All nonsense you have zero artistic sense ability
@@mikeaugustbecause it makes history more relatable, which is the whole point of history.
Am sicr! ( For sure!)🏴❤️🌎🇺🇸
Yes, and they place you right into the battle fighting alongside your relatives.
Having lived in Virginia and other southern States, I know how hot/humid the summers are. It boggles my mind how these men endured the heat in all those wool uniforms . . .
Too hot in the summer and not thick enough to be warm in the winter.
I live in Columbia, SC. Yankees came here, burned the place down and left. It was too hot for them here.
Most soldiers did not have uniforms
@@timothymaxey2075Get over it you lost! Move on !
Union uniforms were wool. Most confederate uniforms were cotton.
As a Virginia resident, I must say that the amount of Civil War history near me is amazing. I take my dogs out to the Bull Run battlefield at least once a week and I try to imagine what took place there. Great job on presenting these colored photos.
Virginia enjoys the adulation of containing the most civil war battles and skirmishes than any other state, north OR south.
It's the same down here as well.
ADULATION ? CONDOLENSES SURELY ?@@MrChewbone69
You should get a metal detector, see what digs up
@@46FreddieMercury91 I have quite a few artifacts, from a cannonball to buttons. I also have alot of spent Minie' balls from in and around the battlefield of Resaca Georgia. You can't swing a cat around this part of the nation without hittin' some place of historical significance.
A little known fact for you.
95% of the cloth that made up the uniforms of both sides was manufactured in Morley near LEEDS , West Yorkshire , ENGLAND.
Some of the mills that supplied the material still stand to this day.
However none are engaged in the business of cloth.
Instead they have,for the most part, been converted into apartments.
Amazing fact! Thank you for that.
Home of the Orbit nightclub
Cloth, cotton, etc, made England want the South to win.
My G grandfather was born at the tail end of the Civil War(1864). Another relative was a Major in the Union forces( Taylor). It is remarkable that time is relative. Folks tend to view this as ancient history. It was only 74 years from the end of Civil War until start of WW2(1939). It has now been 78 years since the conclusion of WW2.
My, how time flies.
I am 74 yrs, I was raided in a house in N.C. that was built in 1843 (prior to the Civil War). There were/is evidence of the war remaining in that house. So for me I can relate a very small amount to my ancestors and their struggles. I have observed that it take about 80 to 100 years for history to start repeating it self, as humans we are very slow learners. We are approaching that time from WWII !! I fear greatly what is in our future.
Well said!
My great grandfather was born in VA in 1866. I was born in 1974 so I am not even fifty years old yet. You are so right, the Civil War was not very long ago at all.
Just found out my great great grandfather served in Company C 50th Illinois Infantry. Guess he always told stories about the march to the sea with Sherman and fought at battle of Reseca. Only 17 years old..just amazes me what him and other "kids" had to endure at such a young age
It's amazing how contemporary the photos look especially the faces.
It wasn't but 160 years ago, i have trees in my yard older than that.
@@joshthemediocre7824 👍The people saying it was "so long ago" forget that 160 years is only 2 decent human lifetimes.
The people look miserable and they were miserable.
@@laurenurban3942 most dont look miserable and its war
@@laurenurban3942
No, I don’t find it.
They have nice faces
Those aren't just General Lee's aides, those are two of his sons.
Actually, it's his son Custis on his left and on his right, Col. Walter Taylor.
@@yannschonfeld5847-- Perhaps the caption of the photo I saw in a book was inaccurate.
Magnificent, and so very tragic.
I always preferred to look at old photographs and old films in the original black and white, because I really appreciated the use of light and shadow, but seeing these old civil war photographs , now in colour, really brought those terrible losses home to me.
These kids could have lived in my street, ( Belfast, Northern Ireland ) could have drank in pubs close to me, or could have danced in the same dancehalls or discos as I did when I was a kid too.
My part of this UK went through a form of civil war too, in a way.
It's referred to as " The Troubles " ( a very unfortunate, and inappropriate euphemism for an obscene and barbarous period of time, when madness reigned ) and already people are studying " old " photographs, and " old " film of young men and old men just like those in your collection.
Two hundred odd years later and we've learned nothing, as we could be standing on the brink of nuclear annhialiation right now.
Thank you for the work you do in restoring and collecting these old photographs and documentation, and of course instilling new life into them by your colourisation.
I wish you rainbows, to all involved in the process.
Some of your relatives or neighbors may have participated in the war. Lincoln needed massive amounts of cannon fodder to conquer the south. So what he did was force them into the union army so they could go and murder southerners and steal and/or burn their houses and property
I don't think there will be nuclear war as the consequences are too devastating. Having said that, I think we will see the end of wars of conquest. Putin is learning a hard lesson in Ukraine. We will still have conflicts due to terrorists and other things which may not know of until they appear in the future.
One of the details Hollywood misses in westerns and civil war flicks is the characteristic bagginess of their clothes. Mid-19th century pants, shirts, and coats were sold as one-size-fits-all. The reason they often look like they're in potato sacks.
Earlier too. There's a series of photos of Napoleonic veterans in their uniforms and half of them had baggier pants because they're made of wool and wool is a fairly baggy material.
Plus, despite lacking health/medical advantages we have today, they were in better shape...... no obesity from synthetic foods.
I doubt that.The average natural lifespan was way, way lower. Both for men and women Aside from diseases and filth common in the day, they ate lots of bad fatty food (tons of beef), and more, steady intakes of alcohol because of bad water - particularly in urban areas where resevoirs were contaminated, and fesces and urine were all over the place (tossed on the streets, all mixed with horse manure).@@michaelbrinkers1145
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(Wool)??
Amazing... really brought those old photos to life like never before.
Not a confederate historian I see…
Neither are you@@westxranchin
Such beautifully clarified photos. So much detail in their faces, their clothes, the grass, and all that environment surrounding them. Amazing restoration! Thank you for preserving this epic time in American history.
That shot of Robert Downey Jr. reading at 6 minutes is downright phenomenal
That's a so so Robert at best.
Whata an eye ball you have, nice...👍
Robert Downey Jr lol that's a funny great he lived long life so he could be iron man
The coloring brings these men to life. Can't imagine what hardships and horrors they saw in war. The day when we humans can live in peace and not kill each other.
Absolutely marvellous historical pictures. An enormous amount of painstaking work has been done for us and future generations to learn about man’s folly. The 650000 lives lost, especially in a country so young, is very sad. Well done guys.
they won't learn it in school, it will be up to us to pass it along. That's why books about history with photos are so very important
Our bloodiest conflict. Even far more impactful considering the population was around thirty million.
Sadly, those who forget or turn away from history are bound to repeat it 😢.
Native American Lieutenant Colonel Ely S. Parker with Ulysses Grant at 1:59. I only know that as I had toresearch; didn't realize their was such a high ranking Native American officer back then. Impressive!
Parker was on Grants Staff..Was in Appomattox Court House day Lee surrendered.
There was also a Cherokee Indian general in the Confederate army who was the only Indian to obtain rank of general on both sides and was the very last Confederate general to surrender I believe, wanting to continue to fight..his name was Stand Watie...one of the lesser knowns about slavery is how many slaves the Cherokees owned and brought with them to Oklahoma..they were 1 of the largest slave holders in country
I have an ancestor, Lieutenant John Blagg who fought in this war. Some of his descendants came to England in the 1800s to work in shop yards and the mines.
WWII was as long ago as the Civil War was during the time of WWII. 80 years. But we look at World War 2 as modern warfare, broadly defined. One reason is because of motion pictures. If motion pictures had been around during the Civil War, it would seem closer to us-even without tanks and aircraft.
And the Revolutionary War was another 80 years before the Civil War. Makes you wonder …. ?
don't even get me going on how the 2nd pelloponesian war will be the reverse of the coming WW3 vs china that kills 2.5 billion.
Read a while back that more than a few historians consider the Civil War to be the last Napoleonic war and the first modern war. Sort of makes a certain amount of sense.
People would go to have picnics to observe the battles and take photographs, this was the first 'all in' war, trenches, unrelenting civil bombardment, serious propaganda and photojournalism were born.
no, its because we still use the same stuff we did in ww2. planes, battleships, carriers, long range artillery. They used single shot flintlock rifles in the civil war.
The photo at 3.15 - "Scouts and Guides of the Army of the Potomac, Brady Station, VA". Should be, "Brandy Station".
At 7.36, the "Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse" should be 9 April 1865, not 1965.
Should also be 1864, not 1964…
Potomac not Potomic
As for me the Civil War is the most significant event in the USA history... thanks for your photos video, sir💯👍
To say the least. Look where we are at now.
@@johnny.3693 Nonsense versus common sense.
This is a beautiful video. The pictures of ancestors and strangers being colorized helps to allow ppl to see them as real ppl and just black and white figures. It shows their eye colour and their expressions so younger ppl understand they were real living breathing ppl. Excellent work.
Thanks, Tina - I agree! Even though there’s no way to know how accurate the colorization is, it still makes everything seem more “real” and present. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
In 1988 always a civil war Buff visited all the civil war parks i could it was a very humbling thing im australian who has friends in Arkansas and for 3 months we visited gettysburge , vicksburg , pea ridge you name it even the court house at apamatix and it left me very sad to even think of the suffering and the thought that those men rotted in a field for 3 months god bless them all .
I saw that photo before in black and white. The caption then claimed they were men killed at Chancellorsville in May of 1863 and were recovered for burial after the Wilderness battle of May 1864. I cannot know which description is correct.
and just 3 years ago, trump killed twice as many as the entire war...
These pictures are not old. This country is very young. We stand to lose this great experiment if we do not learn the lessons depicted in these pictures not long ago.
As the old saying goes, HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF!
@@bobstone8667 Some say it rhymes rather than repeats.
@@kaninma7237heard that said this morning
Looking at these photos in color is amazing. The detail is incredible.
But just looking at the people knowing they are all long gone. What were they thinking? What were their dreams? Who were their loved ones? Many questions I have.
Thank you for sharing this.
For me it was a humbling experience.
I think I have seen all of these in BW before, but was really interesting to see with color. Changes the perspective a lot.
Surrender in 1965?
Man, I wasn´t aware that the war took this long!
😄@@WindLake
And no photo of JFK's funeral after he was shot by rebels.
The owner of this channel must have been dropped on his cranium as a child.
@@thierrydesu 😅😅😅
How can they be so clear besides the great color? These are incredible!
The photographic process, lenses, film and natural light all combined to create an image that can be enlarged almost infinitely and not loose focus or be disturbed by pixels. More detail is evident in civil war era photography than most happening today.
I live next to one of the biggest most well preserved battle sites still in existence. Pickets Mill Battlefield in Paulding county Georgia. My house is probably on part of the areas where the battle was fought. Every year at different times they do reenactment ceremonies with the cannons etc... A lot of men died on this ground I walk on. It feels sad when I am sitting and thinking about what all went on.
I’ve been there and it felt very present because the battlefield was relatively small and the landscape probably hadn’t changed much since then.
My father-in-law was born in 1911. His grandfather fought for the Union and survived Andersonville prison. These color photos make it seem so real, as if I were there.
WW2 450000 US dead , WW1 160000 , Vietnam 58000 , Korea ?50000 ...then there was the Spanish-American War, Irag, and Afghanistan.......about the same KIA as the immense number of young men who died in the US Civil War....what terrible carnage. Excellent photographs. Thank you from Australia.
Les Griffiths
Some 3000 lives lost in 9/11 Trade Center. We didn't get out of Iraq until another 3000 were dead. Untold number of disabled casualties. Battlefield injuries are often 2-3 per death. Then we've got later casualties with cancer and deformed babies from breathing spent uranium dust that is everywhere there, combined with a huge number of vaccines given in rapid succession.
Guess we showed them who's who, huh?
These photos are from the 3rd American Civil War! Horrible! And very soon the fourth one will be far worse!
More Americans have been killed BY Americans in AMERICA than ALL the foreign wars combined that Americans have fought in , mainly thanks to the second amendment .....
There are always politicians out there who are more than willing to sacrifice the lives of the innocent ones to achieve whatever goal they want to achieve. History will always repeat. It is only a matter of place and time.
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Really exciting and interesting. Thanks for offering a great and unique insight into the past that was almost invisible as far as photos are concerned.
The Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse was mislabeled at April 9th, 1965, it occurred on 1865, just pointing that out. 1965 was two years before I was born!
This is awesome. Old pictures when put into color seem a lot more crisp than todays pictures
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for posting these restored historical photographic documents. Just take a second look at your captions though...I saw 1964 and 1965 🤔
Imagine how lousy these photos would be if they used pixelated photos that could not be blown up bigger without great loss of clarity. The grain numbers on these large plates were enormous thank goodness. Imagine how the old letters and documents would not even exist if they were email and digital files.
It's pretty ironic that photography in it's earliest forms was superior, also how garbage modern phone connections can be at times compared to old landlines "I'm gonna hafta call you back - you're breaking up"
The color makes a huge difference.
Color really brings these old photos to life!! Well done.
My dad was raised at the trostle house and I was born and raised in Gettysburg. What a unique place
My paternal great great grandfather was in the Quartermasters Division of the Union Army. He was a 'wagon train captain' in charge of 10 wagons. I can't help but wonder if he was in the picture of the wagon train at Petersberg, VA.
I get lost in these pictures. The color is amazing and really brings to life and humanize these brave soldiers. Thank you for bringing this to us
Much appreciated
Best wishes
This was wonderful. I love seeing these pictures in color it makes it more believable. Some of these soldiers were children, how sad.
My Grandfather was Sgt Philemon H McCracken CO K 50Th PA Vol Inf.
He severed the full war and was wounded at South Mountain but remained with his Company.
He crossed Burnsides Bridge and fought that battle. Was present on the Battlefield for the dedication of the Gettysburg monument.
I am sorry I don't have any photos of him during that period. Love your videos very well done.
You grandfather's name was Phil McCracken?
@@Mondegreen2020 Yep, and some of his other relatives include:
Ben Dover
Hugh Janus
Mike Rotch
Buster Highman
Harry Pecker
Seymour Hiney
Some of the best pictures i've seen of the American Civil war. The clarity on some of them is incredible topped off by colourisation which is also fabulous.
Colour certainly brings events and people more to life.
Very well curated. Seeing some of those eighteenth century faces so clear and colorized, it struck me how alike they appear like the folks I see on the street everyday. I wonder what they'd think of us?
Great point. I think the same thing when I see so many of these old faces.
The 18th century was the 1700s.
@@gregb6469 You know what I mean... Poindexter.
@@amaree9732-- Then why didn't you type what you meant?
@@gregb6469 Because I knew it would smoke out the Poindexters.
Very impressive.
Thank you very much!
Great images and quite haunting. One minor correction. @ 2:23 the image is obviously staged and was from sometime later in the war as the Union Army did not allow blacks to enlist until 1863.
I believe the last Confederate and Union Veterans died in 1958 and 1959 repectively.
Absolutely Amazing!
Wow - that's crazy to imagine. 1959 just doesn't seem that long ago!
Fantastic. These photos should be shown in all American Middle Schools. 🇺🇲
a lot of people still fighting this war and hoping for another one...
Even if the AI got some of the tones a little off, it's more than a little chilling and sobering to see photos this old and from such a tumultuous time in our country's history colorized and with such clarity.
Thanks for your comments, @robinkom. I agree... While the colorization is not perfect, I believe seeing these images "in color" really adds a perspective to these old photos that I've never seen before.
@@TheHistoryLounge Restoring them as they were meant to be seen would be better but younger generation can't process B&W
@@tonymoto1188I doubt if they were MEANT to be seen in black and white, they just didn't have the technology for colour photographs. I also think people of all ages can relate better to colour photos, simply because real life isn't black and white. I'm not young and it brings them to life for me.
@@tonymoto1188 I believe you are correct on both points. Unfortunately, the time to fully restore each photo would be time-prohibitive. Thanks again for your comments.
Why are all these comments so critical? I'd like to see some real pics from the civil war from all of your critics. I like the photos, they were real enough for me. Thank you for your work. And I know that pics from the south are much harder to come by.
A fantastic series of photographs. Thanks for posting.
It is great to see the amazingly clear and vivid photographs that are 160 years old.
I really enjoyed this videos. Thank you so much.😊
Thank you for watching and commenting!
The Sherman photo...the 2 decorated soldiers...one on each end..noticed one missing an arm...wow
That was Gen O.O. Howard.
Sherman's tactics of burning and destroying everything was dreadful -- but became an effective effort in bringing horrible war to an end...
Never could understand WHY dirt-poor families in South sent their sons as Cannon Fodder for the RICH?
...kinda like how cannot understand WHY ruSSian Peasant SERFS sending sons to DIE for POOH-STAL-IN?
I think that one was my favorite too. The look on Sherman’s face says not to be fucked with.
Amazing and stunning that makes these days revive. Thanks for the georgeous work. Makes me dreaming how it would be if only the camera would had been invented at the times of the old egyptians.
This is amazing! I've never seen photos like these. I felt immersed in the experience of seeing these people from so long ago looking like they could be my neighbors or friends today - the color sure brings the people and things to life. Great work on this. Keep up the great content!
Fantastic! A time travel and very skillful done.
Thank you !!!
Whoever said it said it best: "War is serious business." The photo of Cold Harbor, I've been there, and I tell you if you didn't believe in ghosts before you went, you may well reconsider your belief after visiting.
Nah. General Smedley Butler said it better, "War is a racket".
Same with Gettysburg. That place is HAUNTED
Oh My Goodness, colorizing thee. From dark and gray truly does make viewing these hit home! Thank You Very Much
I really enjoyed watching the video it was so interesting.. thanks for sharing your work.. excellent 👌
I don't think the surrender at Appomattox Courthouse took place in 1965 {time stamp at 7:32)
The melancholy of the tunes fits well. Very Irish-sounding. The 5:26 tune is ear-catching. *Hi-Q vid. Well done.
Thank you - I agree on the Irish sounding part.
I like that banjo tune, Russ plays that a lot on RVer TV.
Agreed. It’s perfect for this.
It's even more incredible when you see this history in color!
Very surprised to learn that the surrender at Appomattox wasn’t until 1965, that’s one hell of a long war!
Anyone interested in analysis of Civil War photographs in depth should look for books by William Frassanito.
Hi, that was really nice takes me back to my Birth, Wyatt Earp, was born in 1848, I was born in 1948. All those young men who took part in the war between the states are all heroes. Like the lads in the First and Second World Wars too.
And not to forget the conflict in Ireland and also the Falklands.
How are men fighting to preserve slavery heroes?
@@terrymcmaster2787the men of the Confederacy were fighting in defense of their families, homes , and constitutional rights infringed upon by the u.s.govt
Magically they bring history right before you.
Over here in the UK they are mostly just names, but the colour really brings to life people we have only heard about.
All these young men dying is so sad.
Great colorized historical photos. Thank You....
Really compliments for these wonderful photos by Saverio from the south of Italy!
The picture of the dead horses at Gettysburg brought to my memory that I had once written a story in college about a Civil War horse. During the 4 year conflict, 1.5 million horses were killed in service.
The use of horses and animals in the thousands of years of war was the most severe form of animal abuse imaginable
Millions and millions of animals endured unimaginable suffering and death for the sake of human insanity and for the ones who survived they were often killed and eaten when they could no longer be " useful"
Those poor horses.
Sorry to be picky, but it's Potomac River, NOT Potomic...
As a born coward, I'll never understand the bravery of the youngsters who fought in these wars.
Memorial photographs and fantastic background music.
To address this concern, the Secret Service was established in 1865 as a bureau in the Treasury Department to suppress widespread counterfeiting. After the assassination of President McKinley in 1901, the Secret Service was tasked with the full-time protection of the President of the United States
They are part of Homeland Security now.
Dang I didn't know the civil war was just the union.
I noticed that too !!
Thank you for sharing, these are magnificent photos.
Your colorizations are always top notch. Nicely done.
maybe put colorizations instead of colonizations ok?
@@juandt1234 A bit petty.
Black Soldiers at Dutch Gap, 1864 (there were no USCT regiments in 1861), working on the Dutch Gap canal, these men are pickets, protecting the ongoing work by USCT digging the canal.
It is nearly like time travel looking at these amazing photos thank you.
Very beautiful, excellently done.
Thanks for presenting these photos. ! Brings it all to life
You’re very welcome - I’m glad you liked them!
When real White Men had mustache
Whoever colorized these did a pretty good job. They don't immediately shout "I've been altered" like some colorized photos do.
Wow, so amazing. Thank you for doing this.
Photos are awesome. The research is somewhat inaccurate.
Crime and war is only romantic to the delusional...
This was so fantastic. I really loved it. I have family members that fought on both sides of the war
Excellent video🤩 The color really brings these photos and people to life‼️ Thanks for all the work that these took to do👏🏻
I was born 89 years after the civil war. I am 69. Doesn't seem real. How about you?
Hard to believe isn't it! I am 75, around 83 years after the war and many civil war vets were still alive in 1948. My Gr grandfather was 13 when he joined. I remember in the 1960s when the last surviving civil war soldier died. Wow, we always picture that war as being ancient history! It isn't!
I find it very odd that all the pics are of the union side and only 1 of the confederates. Unless I missed something only pic of Robert E Lee. So it’s not very inclusive now is it?
Excellent, thank you, and love the music too.
That great,colour brings everything alive 👍
These photos help bring the Civil War to life. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens gives an overview history of the Civil War written specifically for teens.
Hi, @Historyteacheraz - Thanks for your comments. I know when I see these photos in color, it does make these scenes seem more realistic (for lack of a better word.) Thanks also for adding the info about the book!