captured by the cops. Here the book shows Mike's special "abilities". Ben Caxton is an administration-baiting columnist who thinks that Mike is dispensable or kept in a hospital all his life. He and Jill conspire to spirit Mike to the safety of Jubal Harshaw (Heilein's alter ego), an eccentric billionaire who has the resources keep the Federation from catching up to him.
The Myth of the Lost Cause Following the defeat of the Confederacy and to lift the morale of a shattered people momentum gathered to enshrine the Myth of the Lost Cause which would transform the Southern soldier living and dead, into a veritable hero. In order to come to terms with defeat and a look of failure in the eyes of God, Southerners mentally transformed their memories of the antebellum South. It became a superior civilization of great purity which had been cruelly brought down by
As one of the most controversial figures in the Civil War, General Jubal Early led the Confederacy in its most threatening attack against the Union capital. He was not a typical Confederate general since he displayed no religious faith, had few friends, and lacked manners (Axelrod 125). He was not likable as a person, yet seemed to demand respect as a general. He refused to admit defeat, often “rising from the ashes of his own failures” (Swisher). Early’s most admirable quality was his intense loyalty