Blues & Grace: A Civil War Odyssey
JUNE 1863...Battle-weary soldiers are pouring into the small town of Gettysburg, to the vast enjoyment of the local insect population, who view it as a grand parade. But when three Rebs raid a Yankee farmhouse, setting off a deadly chain of events, everyone’s world, insect and human alike, goes ballistic.
In this fast-moving, surprisingly droll tale, you will encounter some folks who view the Civil War from a slightly different viewpoint than the history books. Meet Beverly Tremblestems, a cigarette-smoking mosquito who refuses to suck blood on ethical grounds; Jonah Stills, a peace-loving guitar genius who marches off to war to preserve his family’s good name; Wilma, a blues-singing black widow torn between her spider nature and a desire to be kind; Harlan Buckner, the rogue who enlisted for hard cash, quickly spent; Ancient Bill, a mosquito guru whose high-flying theories fail to save him from his passions; Corporal Runyon, the Yank with a running commentary on everything from the Greek warriors of Rome to the Chinamen of Japan; Tulip, the little girl who dreams of riding a giant’s shoulders to watch the fighting she can hear but cannot see; and Robert E. Lee, the brilliant general who watches his luck and his dream unravel before his eyes.
”The best book ever written about me—the smartest mosquito on earth—and that foolhardy war that was anything but civil.”
—Beverly Tremblestems
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In this fast-moving, surprisingly droll tale, you will encounter some folks who view the Civil War from a slightly different viewpoint than the history books. Meet Beverly Tremblestems, a cigarette-smoking mosquito who refuses to suck blood on ethical grounds; Jonah Stills, a peace-loving guitar genius who marches off to war to preserve his family’s good name; Wilma, a blues-singing black widow torn between her spider nature and a desire to be kind; Harlan Buckner, the rogue who enlisted for hard cash, quickly spent; Ancient Bill, a mosquito guru whose high-flying theories fail to save him from his passions; Corporal Runyon, the Yank with a running commentary on everything from the Greek warriors of Rome to the Chinamen of Japan; Tulip, the little girl who dreams of riding a giant’s shoulders to watch the fighting she can hear but cannot see; and Robert E. Lee, the brilliant general who watches his luck and his dream unravel before his eyes.
”The best book ever written about me—the smartest mosquito on earth—and that foolhardy war that was anything but civil.”
—Beverly Tremblestems
Blues & Grace: A Civil War Odyssey
JUNE 1863...Battle-weary soldiers are pouring into the small town of Gettysburg, to the vast enjoyment of the local insect population, who view it as a grand parade. But when three Rebs raid a Yankee farmhouse, setting off a deadly chain of events, everyone’s world, insect and human alike, goes ballistic.
In this fast-moving, surprisingly droll tale, you will encounter some folks who view the Civil War from a slightly different viewpoint than the history books. Meet Beverly Tremblestems, a cigarette-smoking mosquito who refuses to suck blood on ethical grounds; Jonah Stills, a peace-loving guitar genius who marches off to war to preserve his family’s good name; Wilma, a blues-singing black widow torn between her spider nature and a desire to be kind; Harlan Buckner, the rogue who enlisted for hard cash, quickly spent; Ancient Bill, a mosquito guru whose high-flying theories fail to save him from his passions; Corporal Runyon, the Yank with a running commentary on everything from the Greek warriors of Rome to the Chinamen of Japan; Tulip, the little girl who dreams of riding a giant’s shoulders to watch the fighting she can hear but cannot see; and Robert E. Lee, the brilliant general who watches his luck and his dream unravel before his eyes.
”The best book ever written about me—the smartest mosquito on earth—and that foolhardy war that was anything but civil.”
—Beverly Tremblestems
In this fast-moving, surprisingly droll tale, you will encounter some folks who view the Civil War from a slightly different viewpoint than the history books. Meet Beverly Tremblestems, a cigarette-smoking mosquito who refuses to suck blood on ethical grounds; Jonah Stills, a peace-loving guitar genius who marches off to war to preserve his family’s good name; Wilma, a blues-singing black widow torn between her spider nature and a desire to be kind; Harlan Buckner, the rogue who enlisted for hard cash, quickly spent; Ancient Bill, a mosquito guru whose high-flying theories fail to save him from his passions; Corporal Runyon, the Yank with a running commentary on everything from the Greek warriors of Rome to the Chinamen of Japan; Tulip, the little girl who dreams of riding a giant’s shoulders to watch the fighting she can hear but cannot see; and Robert E. Lee, the brilliant general who watches his luck and his dream unravel before his eyes.
”The best book ever written about me—the smartest mosquito on earth—and that foolhardy war that was anything but civil.”
—Beverly Tremblestems
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BN ID: | 2940016258973 |
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Publisher: | Imago Press |
Publication date: | 02/21/2013 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 334 |
File size: | 1 MB |
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