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The Reconstruction of Mark Twain: How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature

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The Reconstruction of Mark Twain: How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature - Fulton, Joe B
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who later achieved fame as the writer Mark Twain, served as second lieutenant in a Confederate militia, but only for two weeks, leading many to describe his loyalty to the Confederate cause as halfhearted at best. In The Reconstruction of Mark Twain, Joe B. Fulton challenges these long-held assumptions about Twain's advocacy of the Union cause, arguing that Clemens traveled a long and arduous path, moving from pro-slavery, secession, and the Confederacy to pro-union, and racially enlightened. A ...

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The Reconstruction of Mark Twain: How a Confederate Bushwhacker Became the Lincoln of Our Literature 2011, LSU Press, Baton Rouge

ISBN-13: 9780807136911

Hardcover