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His use of the wilderness setting and his portraits of struggles between Huntly and his Indian enemies stand at the pivotal point in American literature between the firsthand accounts and the later tales of western adventure and ...
His use of the wilderness setting and his portraits of struggles between Huntly and his Indian enemies stand at the pivotal point in American literature between the firsthand accounts and the later tales of western adventure and ...
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Huntly is convinced that Clithero is blaming himself unduly for these events: the killing of the ... according to Huntly, was due to momentary insanity that could be forgiven because it resulted from benevolent intentions.
Huntly is convinced that Clithero is blaming himself unduly for these events: the killing of the ... according to Huntly, was due to momentary insanity that could be forgiven because it resulted from benevolent intentions.
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Although parallels between the experiences of Clithero and Huntly are vague at first, it becomes evident that underlying their strange actions are the similar economic factors in their lives. While Huntly is reluctant to expose this ...
Although parallels between the experiences of Clithero and Huntly are vague at first, it becomes evident that underlying their strange actions are the similar economic factors in their lives. While Huntly is reluctant to expose this ...
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User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThis supplement, the latest addition to the well-known "American Writers'' series, includes 29 authors. All except Frederick Douglass, the 19th-century orator and writer, are 20th-century poets ... Read full review
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| Title | American writers: a collection of literary biographies. Jane Addams to Sidney Lanier |
| Editor | Leonard Unger |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's sons, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0684157977, 9780684157979 |
| Length | 373 pages |
| Subjects | › › Literary Criticism / American / General |
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