{"product_id":"the-boys-of-bath-christine-friesel-9781736208700","title":"The Boys of Bath: The Civil War Diary of Pvt. Charles Brother, USMC","description":"\"An absolute goldmine for Civil War enthusiasts. Historical precision befitting the finest Civil War diary, \u003ci\u003eThe Boys of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e has it all from tedium to the battlefield, duty to blood, and sacrifice to honor.\" -- \u003cb\u003eAaron Michael Grant, USMC, Master of Military History, award winning author of \u003ci\u003eTaking Baghdad: Victory in Iraq with the US Marines.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen poet Fannie Toyne talked about her father, Charles Brother, which was hardly ever, she said her earliest\u003cbr\u003ememory was being thrown out a window. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Civil War Marine Charles Brother talked about \"the boys,\" which was often, he talked of the pursuit of that prize ship and the Battle of Mobile Bay when Admiral Farragut reportedly cried out, \"Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrenched in history and sea salt, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boys of Bath\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a saga of sacrifice and loyalty, exhibiting the\u003cbr\u003efew and proud men of rare, high spirit: the first to go in, not flinching for canon, shipwreck, or mines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharles Brother wrote of life in Bath, New York, and in the barracks in Boston and Brooklyn, the New York Draft Riots, gunnery, targets, storms, and drilling with terrific shipmates-men who were agile and ready to fly in the ropes and through life-his fraternity. His story is about the bloody correction of the nineteenth century, made by grandsons of slave owners, a story relevant only to those who know well this business of being wrong about all of it-the true cost of sin against a race and the exit strategy, the unspoken promise to be silent, the pursuit of a prize, and the torpedo mines primed to give way to that switch, even those only in your head.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Friesel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1736208705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736208700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charley Brother, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/29\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d","brand":"Christine Friesel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43988697350399,"sku":"9781736208700","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7606ff43-396b-4f4a-b850-ea62e1cc6d8c.jpg?v=1683295877","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-boys-of-bath-christine-friesel-9781736208700","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}