# Event Details - **Event Name**: Squirrel Hill Book Club ft. How to Dodge a Cannonball - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm – Wed, 09 Sep, 2026 at 08:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: This month, we are discussing How to Dodge a Cannonball by Dennard Dayle.About this EventNeed to order a copy of the book? You can do so .About the book:A New York Times Notable Book of 2025An NPR Books We Love pickA New York Times Editors’ Choice pickHow to Dodge a Cannonball is a razor-sharp satire that dives into the heart of the Civil War, hilariously questioning the essence of the fight, not just for territory, but for the soul of America.How to Dodge a Cannonball is funnier than the Civil War should ever be. It follows Anders, a teenage idealist who enlists and reenlists to shape the American Future—as soon as he figures out what that is, who it includes, and why everyone wants him to die for it. Escaping his violently insane mother is a bonus.Anders finds honor as a proud Union flag twirler—until he’s captured. Then he tries life as a diehard Confederate—until fate asks him to die hard for the Confederacy at Gettysburg. Barely alive, Anders limps into a Black Union regiment in a stolen uniform. While visibly white, he claims to be an octoroon, and they claim to believe him. Only then does his life get truly strange.His new brothers are even stranger, including a science-fiction playwright, a Haitian double agent, and a former slave feuding with God. Despite his best efforts, Anders starts seeing the war through their eyes, sparking ill-timed questions about who gets to be American or exploit the theater of war. Dennard Dayle’s satire spares no one as doomed charges, draft riots, gleeful arms dealers, and native suppression campaigns test everyone’s definition of loyalty.Uproariously funny and revelatory, How to Dodge a Cannonball asks if America is worth fighting for. And then answers loudly. Read it while it’s still legal. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/pittsburgh/squirrel-hill-book-club-ft-how-to-dodge-a-cannonball/100001993756023938 - **Event Categories**: science-fair - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: Riverstone Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Pittsburgh - **state**: PA - **country**: United States - **location**: Riverstone Books - **lat**: 40.4381743 - **long**: -79.9212852 - **full address**: Riverstone Books, 5841 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Squirrel Hill Book Club ft. 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