Michael Mendoza

Glorious Reality of War

 

Published in 2011

Glorious Reality of War

ISBN 978-1-4634-6816-3 (sc)

ISBN 978-1-4634-6814-9 (hc)

ISBN 978-1-4634-6815-6 (ebk) Now on sale for $2.99

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The Glorious Reality of War is a fictionalized account of the Civil War experiences of C. W. Rickard based on letters to his daughter many years later.

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Fifteen-year-old Charlie Wesley Rickard dreams of adventure and glory are fulfilled when his pastor forms the 24th Iowa Infantry and lets him join as a fifer even though he had never seen a fife before. Charles set aside the fife and picked up a rifle during his first battle experience. However, he discovers war is neither adventurous or glorious.