DENNARD DAYLE: (Reading) Every man, save a few simians, deserves freedom. The men on the other side of this field don't understand that. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Just a few pages into his new novel, and ...
A white Illinois teen attaches himself to a regiment of Black Union soldiers in the satirical Civil War novel "How to Dodge a Cannonball." NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with author Dennard Dayle about it.