Blacksmith Meg Lanslow has encouraged and coerced all of her crafty friends to sign up for the authentic civil war celebration/craft fair in her family's home town. Too bad that it is held in the middle of the summer and everyone is forced to dress to colonial standards- the harridan running the fair has an "anachronism" patrol that hunts for non-period garb, oddments- things like the ball point pen someone is using to write up bills, or nails to hang crafts- with predictably funny results.

Totally hilarious book.

Incredibly, unbelievably funny and perfect for my Grandmother and my reading taste's alike. There's a reason Donna Andrews got a ton of medals after writing this book. It rocks.

This series features blacksmith Meg Lanslow and her charmingly eccentric family. I love the whole series and it is one of my "keepers"- I have every book that I've read except the one Grandma gave to Lisa (I still want that back, btw)