The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer: Missouri Yankees
Black knights in Yankee blue fight for freedom through the bloody sands of Carolina as Colonel Sidney Sawyer, America's greatest scalawag, battles in the glare of a calcium sun. From Britain to the Red River bayou, and Charleston to Chattanooga, our ever reluctant hero brawls, battles, spies on and skedaddles from homicidal widows, Frenchified hookers, and the Mighty Wadmalaw, King of the Runaway Slaves. With Liberty (the drummer boy who isn't what he seems) Sawyer fights for the life of the Union against a treacherous giant. Marching to the beat of Liberty's drums, the 94th Colored Infantry wins glory as the MISSOURI YANKEES!
The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer series of books is a saga, which will include six novels covering the Civil War from Bleeding Kansas to Appomattox. In his Delaware Avenue mansion in 1910, brooding over the city's outpouring of grief at the passing of Samuel Clemens, ancient General Sidney Sawyer, the Civil War's greatest scoundrel, fortifies himself with cheap bourbon, licks his pencil and begins his outrageous memoirs. Mark Twain's cast of loveable rascals, including Tom Sawyer's not-so-loveable little snitch of a brother, Sidney, are of military age when America divides North from South. Little Siddy grows to be the very image of a soldier (except for the honor part), and when America needed heroes, young Lieutenant Sawyer had the whiskers for it and looked damn fine in his regimentals.
It was important to me to center my series of novels in Buffalo. Each book is introduced with a prologue that is pure Western New York– a blizzard sweeping up Delaware Avenue, an evening at the old Shea's Garden Theater, the Sawyer summer cottage above the Eighteen Mile Creek bluffs, or a family outing to Chautauqua where the ancient general's daughters try to sanctify the old scoundrel.
Every Sawyer novel follows a separate military campaign and addresses themes, which are woven into the American fabric. The Ace of Hearts considers sectionalism and slavery. The River War describes America's preparations for war and the first terrible shocks of modern battle. Racism and emancipation are addressed in the Year of Jubilee. The Father of Waters examines anti-Semitism and interracial relationships. Despite these serious themes and within a framework of impeccable research, The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer novels are written with wit, love and are a page turning read. The fifth volume, Missouri Yankees, is the newest edition. Bumming the Glory Road will conclude the series and is well begun.
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The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer series of books is a saga, which will include six novels covering the Civil War from Bleeding Kansas to Appomattox. In his Delaware Avenue mansion in 1910, brooding over the city's outpouring of grief at the passing of Samuel Clemens, ancient General Sidney Sawyer, the Civil War's greatest scoundrel, fortifies himself with cheap bourbon, licks his pencil and begins his outrageous memoirs. Mark Twain's cast of loveable rascals, including Tom Sawyer's not-so-loveable little snitch of a brother, Sidney, are of military age when America divides North from South. Little Siddy grows to be the very image of a soldier (except for the honor part), and when America needed heroes, young Lieutenant Sawyer had the whiskers for it and looked damn fine in his regimentals.
It was important to me to center my series of novels in Buffalo. Each book is introduced with a prologue that is pure Western New York– a blizzard sweeping up Delaware Avenue, an evening at the old Shea's Garden Theater, the Sawyer summer cottage above the Eighteen Mile Creek bluffs, or a family outing to Chautauqua where the ancient general's daughters try to sanctify the old scoundrel.
Every Sawyer novel follows a separate military campaign and addresses themes, which are woven into the American fabric. The Ace of Hearts considers sectionalism and slavery. The River War describes America's preparations for war and the first terrible shocks of modern battle. Racism and emancipation are addressed in the Year of Jubilee. The Father of Waters examines anti-Semitism and interracial relationships. Despite these serious themes and within a framework of impeccable research, The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer novels are written with wit, love and are a page turning read. The fifth volume, Missouri Yankees, is the newest edition. Bumming the Glory Road will conclude the series and is well begun.
The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer: Missouri Yankees
Black knights in Yankee blue fight for freedom through the bloody sands of Carolina as Colonel Sidney Sawyer, America's greatest scalawag, battles in the glare of a calcium sun. From Britain to the Red River bayou, and Charleston to Chattanooga, our ever reluctant hero brawls, battles, spies on and skedaddles from homicidal widows, Frenchified hookers, and the Mighty Wadmalaw, King of the Runaway Slaves. With Liberty (the drummer boy who isn't what he seems) Sawyer fights for the life of the Union against a treacherous giant. Marching to the beat of Liberty's drums, the 94th Colored Infantry wins glory as the MISSOURI YANKEES!
The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer series of books is a saga, which will include six novels covering the Civil War from Bleeding Kansas to Appomattox. In his Delaware Avenue mansion in 1910, brooding over the city's outpouring of grief at the passing of Samuel Clemens, ancient General Sidney Sawyer, the Civil War's greatest scoundrel, fortifies himself with cheap bourbon, licks his pencil and begins his outrageous memoirs. Mark Twain's cast of loveable rascals, including Tom Sawyer's not-so-loveable little snitch of a brother, Sidney, are of military age when America divides North from South. Little Siddy grows to be the very image of a soldier (except for the honor part), and when America needed heroes, young Lieutenant Sawyer had the whiskers for it and looked damn fine in his regimentals.
It was important to me to center my series of novels in Buffalo. Each book is introduced with a prologue that is pure Western New York– a blizzard sweeping up Delaware Avenue, an evening at the old Shea's Garden Theater, the Sawyer summer cottage above the Eighteen Mile Creek bluffs, or a family outing to Chautauqua where the ancient general's daughters try to sanctify the old scoundrel.
Every Sawyer novel follows a separate military campaign and addresses themes, which are woven into the American fabric. The Ace of Hearts considers sectionalism and slavery. The River War describes America's preparations for war and the first terrible shocks of modern battle. Racism and emancipation are addressed in the Year of Jubilee. The Father of Waters examines anti-Semitism and interracial relationships. Despite these serious themes and within a framework of impeccable research, The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer novels are written with wit, love and are a page turning read. The fifth volume, Missouri Yankees, is the newest edition. Bumming the Glory Road will conclude the series and is well begun.
The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer series of books is a saga, which will include six novels covering the Civil War from Bleeding Kansas to Appomattox. In his Delaware Avenue mansion in 1910, brooding over the city's outpouring of grief at the passing of Samuel Clemens, ancient General Sidney Sawyer, the Civil War's greatest scoundrel, fortifies himself with cheap bourbon, licks his pencil and begins his outrageous memoirs. Mark Twain's cast of loveable rascals, including Tom Sawyer's not-so-loveable little snitch of a brother, Sidney, are of military age when America divides North from South. Little Siddy grows to be the very image of a soldier (except for the honor part), and when America needed heroes, young Lieutenant Sawyer had the whiskers for it and looked damn fine in his regimentals.
It was important to me to center my series of novels in Buffalo. Each book is introduced with a prologue that is pure Western New York– a blizzard sweeping up Delaware Avenue, an evening at the old Shea's Garden Theater, the Sawyer summer cottage above the Eighteen Mile Creek bluffs, or a family outing to Chautauqua where the ancient general's daughters try to sanctify the old scoundrel.
Every Sawyer novel follows a separate military campaign and addresses themes, which are woven into the American fabric. The Ace of Hearts considers sectionalism and slavery. The River War describes America's preparations for war and the first terrible shocks of modern battle. Racism and emancipation are addressed in the Year of Jubilee. The Father of Waters examines anti-Semitism and interracial relationships. Despite these serious themes and within a framework of impeccable research, The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer novels are written with wit, love and are a page turning read. The fifth volume, Missouri Yankees, is the newest edition. Bumming the Glory Road will conclude the series and is well begun.
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| BN ID: | 2940151004268 |
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| Publisher: | Civil War Creative Workshop |
| Publication date: | 08/21/2015 |
| Series: | The Adventures of Sidney Sawyer , #5 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 438 |
| File size: | 728 KB |
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