{"product_id":"glorious-reality-of-war-michael-mendoza-9781463468149","title":"Glorious Reality of War","description":"The 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Mendoza\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1463468148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781463468149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Authorhouse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Michael Mendoza","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48458503291135,"sku":"9781463468149","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c9b8743f-1f29-4e24-ac00-0d901d22bab6.jpg?v=1777404852","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/glorious-reality-of-war-michael-mendoza-9781463468149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}