{"product_id":"mark-twains-civil-war-the-private-history-of-a-campaign-that-failed-hardcover","title":"Mark Twain's Civil War: The Private History of a Campaign That Failed - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Twain\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBenjamin Griffin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eE. W. Kemble\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Mark Twain Project comes a freshly informed look at Twain's controversial Civil War story \"The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.\" Twenty years after Appomattox, Twain published a highly fictionalized account of his two-week stint in the Confederate Army. Ostensibly this told what he did (or, in his own words, why he \"didn't do anything\") in the war; but the article was criticized as disingenuous, and it did little to address a growing curiosity about the nature of his brief military service. The complex political situation in Missouri during the early months of the war and Twain's genius for transforming life into fiction have tended to obstruct historical understanding of \"The Private History\"; interpretations of Samuel Clemens's enthusiastic enlistment, sedulous avoidance of combat, and abandonment of the rebellion have ranged from condemnation to celebration. Aided by Twain's notes and correspondence-- transcribed and published here for the first time--Benjamin Griffin of UC Berkeley's Mark Twain Project offers a new and cogent analysis, particularly of Clemens's multiple revisions of his own war experience. A necessity for any Twain bookshelf, \u003ci\u003eMark Twain's Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on a great writer's changeable and challenging position on the deadliest of American conflicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.1 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468887146674,"sku":"9781597144780","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/65a797407a8dda661e4070aa98a8551d.webp?v=1779060832","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/mark-twains-civil-war-the-private-history-of-a-campaign-that-failed-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}