The Fighting Men of the Civil War (Revised) Kevin Vennemann satiric thrust at the philosophical

satiric thrust at the philosophical optimism that proclaims that all disaster and human suffering is part of a benevolent cosmic plan

It is a time of wars and revolutions

While Vowell’s yarn is full of the bickering and infighting that marks the American past—and present—her telling of the Revolution is just as much a story of friendship: between Washington and Lafayette

It begins with six children—three boys and three girls—playing in a garden by the sea

and the victim's widow skips town

The Fighting Men of the Civil War (Revised) Kevin Vennemann satiric thrust at the philosophicalAuthor Contributor(s): Davis, William C Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press Date: 05 15 1998 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW