Badass Civil War Beards - Hardcover

Anna Marie Hider; Julia Ann Hider

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 089587637X ISBN 13: 9780895876379

Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher, 2014

Synopsis

From the cavemen to the hipsters of today, beards have been the hallmark of brave and manly men. For some reason, the popularity of beards skyrocketed during the late 19th century, when men became more willing to experiment with never-before-seen facial hair styles. Abraham Lincoln even grew his beard because a little girl wrote him and said he'd look more presidential with one.

A little over two years ago, sisters Anna and Julia Hider were discussing why all Civil War soldiers seemed to sport crazy beards. Their conversation quickly became the Tumblr blog "Badass Civil War Beards" which they cowrote between classes at two separate universities.

The concept touched a funny bone, and Badass Civil War Beards, the book, was born. It features over 100 of the Civil War's most stupidly awesome (and awesomely stupid) examples of facial hair, accompanied by short analyses, historical tidbits, poems, and puns about each person and his beardly glory. Who knew history could be so much fun?

About this title

About the Author:

Anna and Julia Hider are two-thirds of a set of triplets born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. Julia graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in journalism, while Anna majored in TV/radio/film at Syracuse University. Inspired by a TV documentary that included some pretty crazy "Johnny Reb" and "Billy Yank" facial hair, they set up their blog, "Badass Civil War Beards"-and the rest, as they say, is history.

About this edition

• Publisher: John F. Blair, Publisher
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 089587637X
• ISBN 13: 9780895876379
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 96