Colonel Effingham's Raid, by Berry Fleming
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Colonel Effingham's Raid, by Berry Fleming
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Satire at its gentlest and best and humor at its richest mark this story of a blustery retired military officer who mounts his final campaign against those self-appointed and elected guardians of the public good (and the taxpayer’s purse strings) who are guilty of the sort of petty graft and private enrichment endemic in the mythical, sleepy, southern town of Fredricksville, Georgia.
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From Publishers Weekly This 1943 gem has been out of print for a generation, a loss to the language and to the country. Set in 1940 Georgia, it is the story of W. Seaborn Effingham, Colonel U.S. Army, retired, who returns to his home town of Fredericksville. The colonel offers to write a weekly column for a local paper, covering the war in Europe. But after many years away from Fredericksville, Effingham doesn't understand how its citizens have abdicated all government to a small, one-party clique, the Home Folks Party. In his colorful, detailed account of Revolutionary and Civil War local historywith occasional attention paid to the growing World Warthe Colonel's column stirs up the powers that be. The community is split over whether to renovate or tear down the town courthouse, and there's a showdown in which Effingham is a catalyst. Fleming's barbs seem gentle, but they go deep in this delightful satire as we watch the odd, single-minded, thoroughly upstanding Colonel bring to bear the forces of honesty and common sense. Although the ending isn't officially a victory for him, Effingham really does win. Second Chance also plans to reissue the 88-year-old Fleming's Lucinderella and The Make Believers. Bravo to publisher and author. Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Time for a revival By Amanda Jenkinson Berry Fleming (1899-1989) was at one time a popular American novelist who is little remembered today, but if this book is anything to go by, that’s a shame. Not that it’s a great work of literature, but nevertheless it’s a pleasant if inconsequential gentle satire about small town politics. Blustery retired Colonel Seaborn Effingham returns to Fredericksville, his native small Georgian town, and offers to write a column for the local paper covering the war raging on the other side of the world. Not that he writes much about that war, choosing instead to write about the American Civil War, where his true interest lies. He’s horrified to discover that the town is considering renaming the town’s Monument Square after a local man of dubious morals. He decides to fight the decision. This gives Fleming plenty of opportunity to expose the petty and self-serving attitudes of the self-elected guardians of the public good. First published in 1943, it was made into a film starring Charles Coburn and is generally considered Fleming’s best book. I quite enjoyed it, and would certainly be interested in reading others of his books, and perhaps this re-issue will bring him back (deservedly) into the public eye.
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