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The Red Badge of Courage
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SWB#16, published in 1895,

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Ebookwormy1
Sep 23, 2008 rated it it was ok
Shelves: history, carp-500, fiction
This is a book for men and young men. I'm not saying women and young women cannot eaveadrop on the conversation and enjoy it, but the topic, and especially the way it is written are firmly rooted in the male world.

Basically, the book presents an introverted accounting of a single battle in the Civil War. This is the young man, Henry Flemings, first battle and he is nervous about how he will aquit himself and what his performance will illuminate about himself to himself and others. Very predictab
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