When one thinks of the American Civil War and the South, the last thing
that comes to mind is hilarity, merriment, and levity. Yet, the
Confederate soldier had a finely tuned sense of the ridiculous, evident
at times even in the heat of battle, as award-winning author-historian
Lochlainn Seabrook amply demonstrates in his entertaining lighthearted
book, Support Your Local Confederate: Wit and Humor in the Southern
Confederacy.
Derived from original Nineteenth- and early Twentieth-Century sources,
Seabrook's collection of some 400 old-timey entries covers a wide
spectrum of authentic Confederate humor, from jokes about the everyday
life of a soldier, to funny anecdotal stories concerning food, clothing,
the weather, women, marching, weaponry, and combat; from witty
Confederate sayings, to sagacious Confederate views and advice on money,
success, marriage, and happiness. The whimsical, sarcastic, and often
sharp-tongued Confederate soldier spared no one: his waggish
playfulness, droll erudition, devilish prank-playing, and witty repartee
found an overabundance of unsuspecting victims among his army buddies,
his highfalutin superiors, and even his Yankee foes - a group with whom
he often shared coffee, traded clothing, and engaged in comical banter.
Along with an introduction, endnotes, and bibliography, Col. Seabrook's
work is generously illustrated with old Confederate images from the
Victorian Era, and also includes several of his own jocose
contributions. This delightful and hilarious romp through the archives
of Confederate wisdom, tomfoolery, and horseplay will make you think,
smile, and laugh out loud. Destined to become a classic in Southern
literature. Support Your Local Confederate is available in paperback
and hardcover. (All text copyright (c) Sea Raven Press)
Award-winning historian Lochlainn Seabrook is the author and editor of
nearly 100 books, including: Abraham Lincoln Was a Liberal, Jefferson
Davis Was a Conservative; Lincoln's War: The Real Cause, the Real
Winner, the Real Loser; What the Confederate Flag Means to Me; Heroes of
the Southern Confederacy: The Illustrated Book of Confederate Officials,
Soldiers, and Civilians; All We Ask is to Be Let Alone: The Southern
Secession Fact Book; The Unholy Crusade: Lincoln's Legacy of Destruction
in the American South; The Great Yankee Coverup: What the North Doesn't
Want You to Know About Lincoln's War; Confederacy 101: Amazing Facts You
Never Knew About America's Oldest Political Tradition; Confederate Flag
Facts: What Every American Should Know About Dixie's Southern Cross; The
Bittersweet Bond: Race Relations in the Old South as Described by White
and Black Southerners; Women in Gray: A Tribute to the Ladies Who
Supported the Southern Confederacy; Everything You Were Taught About
American Slavery is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!; Honest Jeff and Dishonest
Abe: A Southern Children's Guide to the Civil War; The Constitution of
the Confederate States of America Explained; A Rebel Born: A Defense of
Nathan Bedford Forrest; and the international blockbuster Everything
You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!
