Walter mosley devil in a blue dress book

Michael Taylor is a man whose one focus on life is to woo women but when his brother Henry signs up as a soldier to fight in the Union Army in the Civil War Michael agrees to accompany him to the recruiting office to say goodbye It s there Michael s womanizing lands him in trouble and he has the choice of a shotgun wedding which he doesn t want or to sign up alongside his brother and become property of the Union Army He chooses the later and it s isn t long before Michael and Henry find themselves rushed through boot camp and straight onto the battlefield As the order to charge comes Michael s life goes from bad to worse when Henry is killed immediately after the first order to charge is given Michael then decides to walk away from the fight and through a series of events he could not have imagined he finds himself escaping through the woods wearing of all things a blue dress And to add to all this he s soon being pursued by a sadistic Lieutenant hunting deserters but not before teaming up with a street smart runaway slave Blue Dress is a mix of historical fact family history mixed with humor and a bit of foreshadowing as to how things have played out since then Blue Dress