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Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American Literature

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Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American Literature - Harrison, Brady
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A detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Harrison discusses how the mercenary romance, an understudied subgenre of the historical romance first popularized by Bret Harte and Richard Harding Davis, owes its conception to Walker.

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Agent of Empire: William Walker and the Imperial Self in American Literature 2004, University of Georgia Press, Athens

ISBN-13: 9780820325446

Hardcover