{"product_id":"glorious-reality-of-war-paperback","title":"Glorious Reality of War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Mendoza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Glorious Reality of War is not a biography. Rather, it is a fictionalized account of the experiences of Civil War veteran Charles Wesley Rickard based upon his own recollection recorded in a seventeen page letter to his grown daughter in 1925. He was fifteen when he joined as a fifer because: \"They said I was too young for a private and would only muster me in as a fifer as the Col.'s son W.W. Byam had already enlisted as a drummer. (I had never seen a fife) but I could use a rifle, and was bound to go as something.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 27, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740181532735,"sku":"9781463468163","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/636d95c12cea1c411c032d74a4c57a5c.webp?v=1765159185","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/glorious-reality-of-war-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}