Blow! Bugles! Blow!
Author | : Jim Dietz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1998-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780965869416 |
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Author | : Jim Dietz |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 60 |
Release | : 1998-03-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780965869416 |
Author | : Merritt Parmelee Allen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2018-03-06 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781479432585 |
Serving under General Sheridan, Rick O'Shay enjoyed the sound of the bugles and the drilling with the horses. It all seems wonderful to the half-starved, ill-cared-for boy from the mean farm. Rick even has a horse and he had always wanted one. It is Ocean Pond, the middle-aged hostler, who, while taking a kindly interest in the boy, points out to him the tragedy of what is going on. General Sheridan, his wonderful horse Rienzi, and the cavalry that Sheridan gathered from scattered units and made into a splendid striking force, gallop through these pages. Big battles, important tactical maneuvers of the Civil War are seen through the eyes of the boy. Here is the heavy futility of the Battle of the Wilderness, the attempt to think faster than Marse Robert, the pathos of destruction of the lovely Shenandoah Valley, and on to that last desperate race with Lee's forces, won by the north, but leaving Rick, and all the other veterans, with a respect and a regard for those they fought.
Author | : Merritt Parmelee Allen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Walt Whitman |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2015-12-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781522716839 |
Walter "Walt" Whitman (1819 - 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. Whitman's work breaks the boundaries of poetic form and is generally prose-like. He also used unusual images and symbols in his poetry, including rotting leaves, tufts of straw, and debris. He also openly wrote about death and sexuality, including prostitution. He is often labeled as the father of free verse, though he did not invent it. Whitman wrote in the preface to the 1855 edition of Leaves of Grass, "The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it." He believed there was a vital, symbiotic relationship between the poet and society. This connection was emphasized especially in "Song of Myself" by using an all-powerful first-person narration. As an American epic, it deviated from the historic use of an elevated hero and instead assumed the identity of the common people. Leaves of Grass also responded to the impact that recent urbanization in the United States had on the masses.