03659cam a2200577 4500 2648766158 TxAuBib 20260102120000.0 ||||||s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781250401977 1250401976 817d3085-d42c-4f8f-a3c1-f385eb123353 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 11091005 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Dayle, Dennard. How to Dodge a Cannonball [e-iNC Audiobook] : A Novel. Macmillan Audio, 2025. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 257MB. defecting from the military. systems of oppression. Black History Month. Indigenous America. native americans. racial identity. black soldiers. black regiment. new york city. segregation. confederate. Confederacy. Gettysburg. mixed race. Civil War. Military. octoroon. Slavery. freedom. racism. racist. Nevada. union. War. HTML:"Both the author and the narrator succeed notably in this funny, trenchant debut novel. William DeMeritt uses all his acting skills plus a strong narrative delivery to portray the wide cast of characters who live in this audiobook." —AudioFile How to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not just for territory, but for the soul of America. How to Dodge a Cannonball is funnier than the Civil War should ever be. It follows Anders, a teenage idealist who enlists and reenlists to shape the American Future—as soon as he figures out what that is, who it includes, and why everyone wants him to die for it. Escaping his violently insane mother is a bonus. Anders finds honor as a proud Union flag twirler—until he's captured. Then he tries life as a diehard Confederate—until fate asks him to die hard for the Confederacy at Gettysburg. Barely alive, Anders limps into a Black Union regiment in a stolen uniform. While visibly white, he claims to be an octoroon, and they claim to believe him. Only then does his life get truly strange. His new brothers are even stranger, including a science-fiction playwright, a Haitian double agent, and a former slave feuding with God. Despite his best efforts, Anders starts seeing the war through their eyes, sparking ill-timed questions about who gets to be American or exploit the theater of war. Dennard Dayle's satire spares no one as doomed charges, draft riots, gleeful arms dealers, and native suppression campaigns test everyone's definition of loyalty. Uproariously funny and revelatory, How to Dodge a Cannonball asks if America is worth fighting for. And then answers loudly. Read it while it's still legal. A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.. African American Fiction. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2026-01-01 20:00:02. Demeritt, William. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=817d3085-d42c-4f8f-a3c1-f385eb123353&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)