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The Hessian
by
Howard Fast
"Fast is always a wonderful storyteller, and the story is a good one. ... Entertaining and memorable". -- Library Journal
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
June 1st 1996
by M.E. Sharpe
(first published 1972)
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Set during the American Revolution, The Hessian is a powerful novel about the attitudes and life of early Americans. It is about a bigotry that serves to protect a small town, but with tragic consequences.
Near a young New England town marches a small regiment of Hessian soldiers. Hessians were well-trained and much-feared soldiers who fought for the British during the American Revolution. Because of this, a Hessian regiment, no matter how small, would have generally been left alone. However, an...more
Near a young New England town marches a small regiment of Hessian soldiers. Hessians were well-trained and much-feared soldiers who fought for the British during the American Revolution. Because of this, a Hessian regiment, no matter how small, would have generally been left alone. However, an...more
The Hessian is an interesting story about the American Revolution, centering on the prejudices and uncertainties of one town. When a group of Hessians (German mercenaries who were hired by the English in the Revolutionary war) kill one of their townspeople, Abraham Hunt, the town's leader, plans an ambush, then puts the only surviving Hessian, the drummer boy, on trial for murder.
I enjoyed this book. Style, word usage, plot, character developement, etc., all good. A moving story about a young Hessian forced to fight in the Revolutionary War. Divergent people worked together without any 'one-up-manship'. That must have been a wonderful way to live.
این کتاب را مهدی غبرائی با عنوان "مزدور" به فارسی برگردانده و انتشارات نیلوفر و الفباء در 1363 آن را چاپ و منتشر کرده اند. احتمالن مترجم از پرداختن به توضیح در "عنوان" پرهیز داشته چرا که سطری بلند لازم است تا معلوم شود که "هسین" مزدوران آلمانی درگیر در جنگ های داخلی آمریکا هستند. آنجا دو دولت فرانسه و انگلیس بر سر تسلط بر ایالات متحده ی فعلی درگیر بودند و سربازان آلمانی اغلب "مزدور" یکی از طرفین، بیشتر فرانسوی ها بودند
Brilliant in its simplicity. A surprisingly easy read for a novel about the evils of war, the ambiguities of capital punishment and the hypocrisy of faith. Fast also manages to find room for a moving love story (if that's what you're in to) involving some very memorable characters. Very impressive for a book that is just over 200 pages.
This is a short, easy to read book set in New England in Revolutionary War times. I picked this book up at a garage sale awhile back because I've enjoyed other Howard Fast books in the past. It isn't his best, but I enjoyed it.
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Howard Fast (1914–2003) was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible...more
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