The Written Wars: American War Prose Through the Civil WarArchon Books, 1996 - 282 էջ An anthology of war experiences explores early U.S. conflicts, from the Colonial period, Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Mexican War, to the Civil War. |
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... early war stories stress individual rather than corporate effort . One early soldier whose prose helped perpetuate the image of this solitary , New World champion was Benjamin Church . Although Puritan faith in the predestination of ...
... early war stories stress individual rather than corporate effort . One early soldier whose prose helped perpetuate the image of this solitary , New World champion was Benjamin Church . Although Puritan faith in the predestination of ...
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... early war narratives celebrate the individual warrior , and on the other hand they describe war as God's angry scourge of disapproval and approval . These early American views of war expect killers to be God's angels or at least God's ...
... early war narratives celebrate the individual warrior , and on the other hand they describe war as God's angry scourge of disapproval and approval . These early American views of war expect killers to be God's angels or at least God's ...
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... Early American Life and Literature . New York : Oxford University Press , 1977 . Slotkin , Richard . Regeneration Through Violence : The Mythology of the American Frontier , 1600-1860 . Middletown , Conn .: Wesleyan University Press ...
... Early American Life and Literature . New York : Oxford University Press , 1977 . Slotkin , Richard . Regeneration Through Violence : The Mythology of the American Frontier , 1600-1860 . Middletown , Conn .: Wesleyan University Press ...
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The Colonial Period | 1 |
True Travels and General Historie of Virginia | 7 |
A Thankful Remembrance of Gods Mercy to Several | 21 |
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