The Confederate Mouse

About the Book

Mice have been with humans for over ten thousand years.  Imagine if they could relate to us humans all the words, plans, and schemes they have heard through our walls or somewhere hiding close by our history would certainly be different in many respects.

 The Confederate Mouse was such a mouse.  He made friends with the Confederate Soldiers and helped them win “The First Battle of Manassas” during the Civil War.  This fiction story teaches its readers the value of friendship and loyalty through the deeds of The Confederate Mouse and his family.  The readers of this story will be invited into the caves and tunnels of the friendly little field mice of Northern Virginia.  Readers will be privileged to witness a secret board meeting of the wise and elder mice to discuss the “spy” work of the mice who will develop a workable plan to help their friends win their battle.

 When reading this book one will learn the benefits of working together and many family values that the intelligent little field mice possess. You will be a witness to the rewards and recognition that the mice receive for their hard work.

About the Author

Dean Brown grew up a few miles from the original birthplace of James Ewell Brown Stuart and played in the same woods and streams that James did.  Brown is a member of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans served on the Board of Directors of the JEB Stuart Trust and was President for over four years.  He was instrumental in getting Laurel Hill, Stuart’s birthplace, placed on the National Register of Historical places and listed as one of Virginia’s Historical Landmarks.  Brown has spent many years involved in historical projects in and around Mount Airy, North Carolina.   He is a watercolor artist and has used some of his interpretations as illustrations in Boyhood Adventures of Gen. JEB Stuart, A Civil War Hero and Rupert the Cross-Eyed Rooster.  He is also known as a writer of humorous poems and historical articles in magazines and newspapers.

Brown is a retired teacher of 41 years; most of his time spent as a teacher in prisons and alternative schools through out the South.  He is a graduate of Appalachian State University of North Carolina.