Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secessions to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secessions to Loyalty

Author: John W. De Forest

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1440673373

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More panoramic in scope and more realistic in its details than Crane's Red Badge of Courage, this is one of the first and best novels ever written about the American Civil War Drawing on his own combat experience with the Union forces, John W. De Forest crafted a war novel like nothing before it in the annals of American literature. His first-hand knowledge of "the wilderness of death" made its way on to the pages of his riveting novel with devastating effect. Whether depicting the tedium before combat, the unspoken horror of battle, or the grisly butchery of the field hospital, De Forest broke new ground, anticipating the realistic war writings of Ernest Hemingway, Norman Mailer, and Tim O'Brien. A commercial failure in its own day, De Forest's story was praised by Henry James and William Dean Howells, who, comparing it favorably to War and Peace, acclaimed the book "one of the best American novels ever written." For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Miss. Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (Classic Reprint)
Miss. Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty (Classic Reprint)

Author: J. W. De Forest

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-10

Total Pages: 534

ISBN-13: 9781331079460

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Excerpt from Miss. Ravenel's Conversion From Secession to Loyalty It was shortly after the capitulation of loyal Fort Sumter to rebellious south Carolina that Mr. Edward Colburne of new Boston made the acquaintance of Miss Lillie Ravenel of New Orleans. An obscure American author remarks in one of his rejected articles, (which he had the kindness to read to me from the manuscript) that every great historical event reverberates in a very remarkable manner through the fortunes of a multitudes of private and even secluded individuals. No volcanic eruption of the mountain's mice. it was unquestionably the southern rebellion which brought Miss Ravenel and Mr. Colburne into interesting juxtaposition. But for this gigantic political untruning it is probable that the young gentleman then lived, or, visiting it and meeting him there, would have been a person of no necessary importance in his eyes. But how could a most loyal, warm-hearted youth fail to be interested in a pretty and intelligent girl who was exiled from her home because her father would not be a rebel? New Boston, by the way, is the capital city of the little Yankee State of Barataria. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty - the Original Classic Edition
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty - the Original Classic Edition

Author: John W. De Forest

Publisher: Emereo Classics

Published: 2013-03-01

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9781486489497

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Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published edition of this culturally important work by John William De Forest, which is now, at last, again available to you. Get the PDF and EPUB NOW as well. Included in your purchase you have Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty in EPUB AND PDF format to read on any tablet, eReader, desktop, laptop or smartphone simultaneous - Get it NOW. Enjoy this classic work today. These selected paragraphs distill the contents and give you a quick look inside Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty: Look inside the book: From the time of Colburne's introduction to the Ravenels it was the desire of his heart to make New Boston a pleasant place to them; and by dint of spreading abroad the fame of their patriotism and its ennobling meed of martyrdom, he was able, in those excitable days, to infect with the same fancy all his relatives and most of his acquaintances; so that in a short time the exiles received quite a number of hospitable calls and invitations. ... A most interesting spectacle was it to see him meet and greet one of the elder magnates of the university, usually a solid and sincere but shy and somewhat unintelligible person, who always meant three or four times as much as he said or looked, and whose ice melted away from him leaving him free to smile, as our southern friend fervently grasped his frigid hand and beamed with tropical warmth into his arctic spirit. About John William De Forest, the Author: John William De Forest (May 31, 1826 - July 17, 1906) was an American soldier and writer of realistic fiction, best known for his Civil War novel Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. ...Graphic descriptions of battle scenes in Louisiana, and of Sheridan's battles in the valley of the Shenandoah, were published in Harper's Monthly during the war by Major De Forest, who was present on all the occasions thus mentioned, and though experiencing forty-six days under fire, received but one trifling wound.

Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

Author: John William De Forest

Publisher:

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9788027340705

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Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

Author: John W. De Forest

Publisher: Turtleback

Published: 2000-01

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9780613643054

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Reprint of an 1867 novel about Lillie Ravenal, a fine young girl who, against her father's advice, marries the charming Virginian Colonel Carter, a man of weak character, and regrets her choice.

Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

Author: John William Forest

Publisher: Alpha Edition

Published: 2023-07-26

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789357729260

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Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work and hence the text is clear and readable.