Friday, June 6, 2025
The Civil War of Amos Abernathy (eBook preview)
Presenting … First-chapter Friday, the eBook edition. The June 6 selection features The Civil War of Amos Abernathy, by Michael Leali.
Amos Abernathy lives for history. Literally. He’s been a historical reenactor nearly all his life. But when a cute new volunteer arrives at his Living History Park, Amos finds himself wondering if there’s something missing from history: someone like the two of them. Amos is sure there must have been LGBTQ+ people in 19th-century Illinois. His search turns up Albert D. J. Cashier, a Civil War soldier who might have identified as a trans man if he’d lived today. Soon Amos starts confiding in his newfound friend by writing letters in his journal — and hatches a plan to share Albert’s story with his divided twenty-first century town. It may be an uphill battle, but it’s one that Amos is ready to fight. I read this eBook via the Hoopla app, and I obtained it through Sonoma County Library.
https://youtu.be/XHQea8fwk70
First-chapter Friday (eBook edition) playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F1x26TGVFEcBDoaAd8F7JZ3_ayFeTJ7
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