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861:" of his books puts readers "in no mood to give the author credit for the vivid sensations which have been aroused during the progress of perusal". Scholar Donald A. Ringe opined: "What Neal failed to realize was that a work of historical fiction had to do more than merely present a few realistic accounts of actual battles, that both the historical and the nonhistorical parts had to be integrated in such a way as to reveal the meaning and significance of the entire action." While accepting the validity of this consensus assessment, literature scholar Jeffrey Insko argued the book is nevertheless interesting "not
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scholar Robert Bain to the novel's 1971 edition uplifts the story's groundbreaking elements, but blames its construction and overly sensational tangents for reducing its readability. This consensus view reflects an 1849 essay by Edgar Allan Poe, who felt that "the repeated failures of John Neal as regards the
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had become rare as early as 1876 and the book was largely forgotten by the 20th and 21st centuries. The scholarship that exists largely praises the book's powerful and groundbreaking moments, but bemoans that those strengths are outweighed by the plot's incoherence and disjointedness. The preface by
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exactly where that horse is passing now, that they first fired upon me. I set off at speed up that hill, but, finding nine of the party there, I determined to dash over that elevation in front—I attempted it, but, shot after shot, was fired after me, until I preferred making one desperate attempt,
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to be Neal's best novel for its more powerful moments that ought to appeal still to 20th-century readers. Unlike later scholars, Richards in 1933 ruled "the objectionable features are in this novel subordinate and almost insignificant." He described the plot as well-constructed and second only to
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February 16 and March 19, 1822. The pace was so rigorous, he said, that "I tumbled out of my chair" because "I had fainted, – swooned, – from overwork." He had already completed first draft
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successfully kills another in a duel and suffers the rest of his life in consequence. Neal portrays dueling as emasculating, rather than as an expression of masculinity. Archibald is haunted by violent nightmares, preternatural phenomena, and other
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called the book "a grand and magnificent monument of liberty and our country". Another
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to coincide with the 1876 US centennial. Watkins eventually abandoned the project, but Neal became intent on having the novel republished for the same reason
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officer, Chester Copely, who is hated by the Virginia troops and kills a Major Ellis of Virginia in a pistol duel. Copely, Jonathan, Archibald, and Arthur participate in the
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the following May by Whittaker and Company of London. Neal decided to publish anonymously and attributed authorship on the title page to "the author of
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2276:Wandering Recollections of a Somewhat Busy Life
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2227:. Bainbridge, New York: York Mail–Print, Inc.
2036:. Portland, Maine: Guy Gannett Publishing Co.
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2316:The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
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2163:Jahrbuch für Amerikastudien
2157:Lang, Hans-Joachim (1962).
2087:Fleischmann, Fritz (1983).
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