Shoddy - the Novel

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Now, a book!

Shoddy, the Novel ....


A Union Army veteran, Henry Morford, wrote a novel highlighting the disgraceful dishonest practices at the start of the Civil War, and brought into common usage a new word - "shoddy".

His 1864 novel "The Days of Shoddy" , defined the word as “a wide and disgraceful synonym for the miserable pretense of patriotism—shoddy coats, shoddy shoes, shoddy blankets, shoddy tents, shoddy horses, shoddy arms, shoddy ammunition, shoddy boats, shoddy beef and bread.”

He said it very powerfully - “Every shoddy suit, every defective blanket, and every pair of shoes with the soles pasted to the uppers has been the means of making a Union soldier suffer what he need not have suffered in the chances of war,”

“Every mouldy biscuit or parcel of gangrened beef has been a bid for sickness in the field, or fever, disease and death in the hospital. Every defective arm, every sawdust shell and every worthless horse has left him at the mercy of a fierce and unscrupulous enemy. Every dollar swindled from the public purse has been subtracted from the very lifeblood of the nation. Every swindling contractor has been a murderer.”

The novel, written in 1863, using the term shoddy in the title.

The Days of Shoddy. a Novel of the Great Rebellion In 1861

History - 498 pages

Book on Amazon for 99 cents ( not free):

The days of shoddy. A novel of the great rebellion in 1861


https://www.amazon.com/days-shoddy-novel-great-rebellion-ebook/dp/B00STTDTK2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1535545805&sr=8-2&keywords=The+days+of+shoddy


I bought the book, it has typos from translating it from an old text, but it's still readable, and I can use text to speech which I love because I must do other things besides read all day and night.


also ....


You can read it free here:


https://archive.org/stream/daysofshoddynove00morf#page/n0/mode/1up


and this version has the pictures missing in the 99 cent version.


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