Man of War: My Adventures in the World of Historical Reenactment

By Charlie Schroeder

Book Overview

"A rollicking good ride." --Jay Winik, bestselling author of April 1865 It's the middle of a heat wave, and Charlie Schroeder is dressed in heavy clothing and struggling to row a replica eighteenth-century bateau down the St. Lawrence River. Why? Months earlier, Schroeder realized he knew almost nothing about history. But he wanted to learn, so the actor--best known for his role as Mr. Pussy on Sex and the City --spent a year reenacting it. Man of War is Schroeder's hilarious account of the time he spent chasing Celts in Arkansas, raiding a Viet Cong village in Virginia, and flirting with frostbite en route to "Stalingrad" in Colorado. Along the way, he illuminates just how much the past can teach us about the present.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142196800
• ISBN13: 9780142196809
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Plume Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher