How Can a Man Die Better — Roy V. Gaston

How Can a Man Die Better is a thrilling combination of battle tales, black comedy, and military history flawlessly arranged to convey the stories of Ohio's place in the American Civil War through the eyes of college professor Cage Carew.

Despite taking every effort to entirely avoid the fighting, Cage finds himself reluctantly submerged in the violence of wartime and undergoes a forced metamorphosis from meek, bookish scholar to vengeance-seeking warrior. His pursuit of revenge for a terrible murder leads Cage to join the army, where he is put in the path of epic battles and real historical characters fleshed out in this rousing fictional tale, including the Union's Colonel Dan McCook (of the “Fighting McCooks”), General John Wilder, Private Sam Watkins, and General Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Roy V. Gaston's portrayal of the Civil War era reveals the historically true, lesser-known pivotal moments that shaped the outcome of the Civil War. Military history buffs will revel in the author's meticulously researched depiction of the battles and campaign life. This black comic novel recreates the American Civil War in a vibrant historical adventure that ends in climactic gunfight for the Lost Confederate Gold in the Okefenokee Swamp.