tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post84159495242379746..comments2024-03-28T10:44:41.756-05:00Comments on The War Movie Buff: CIVIL WAR READALONG: "The Sword of Antietam"War Movie Buffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-8756227624173936052011-02-06T07:52:28.240-06:002011-02-06T07:52:28.240-06:00Crane is portrayed in "Rough Riders". I...Crane is portrayed in "Rough Riders". I think the actor does a good job of reflecting his excitement of seeing combat. His first sight of combat came a couple of years earlier in the Greco-Turkish War. He died in 1900 before he could parley his real-war experiences into the next great war novel.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-21664936988731391182011-02-05T22:04:46.056-06:002011-02-05T22:04:46.056-06:00I had forgotten about Rifles for Watie.
Ann Rinal...I had forgotten about Rifles for Watie. <br />Ann Rinaldi writes more historical romance for YA. Mainly girl characters. Just looking at the covers is enuff for me. Dont think you would be interested. <br />that makes sense about Crane. He began as a war correspondent in the Spanish American War i think? which would even for an idiot like me be long after the Civil War. Didnt he write Open Boat based on when he was adrift off a ship once? something like that.<br />Red Badge is liked by students cause its so short of course. Its not really well developed character wise. Most of the characters are allegory. "Coming of Age" again. Still it was a young man writing about a young man which is its power i think. Sorta like that Catcher in the Rye. which i neve saw much in but is famous.JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-81659851364172281252011-02-04T10:27:52.539-06:002011-02-04T10:27:52.539-06:00No, I don't know her.No, I don't know her.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-4838725268150311882011-02-04T09:11:55.110-06:002011-02-04T09:11:55.110-06:00I am not reading just YA, but I am starting with t...I am not reading just YA, but I am starting with them. I will get to Killer Angels and Cold Mountain later. Do you know anyhting about Ann Rinaldi?War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-60453077126077206632011-02-04T00:09:39.681-06:002011-02-04T00:09:39.681-06:00I wasn't aware you were only going to read YA ...I wasn't aware you were only going to read YA novels. Too bad Morpurgo didn' write on the Civil War. At least not as far as I know. I'm sure he would be much better.allaboutwarmovieshttp://allaboutwarmovies.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-11780408160830807192011-02-03T23:28:46.997-06:002011-02-03T23:28:46.997-06:00I do have Across Five Aprils on my list. It is hi...I do have Across Five Aprils on my list. It is highly regarded, but I have never read it. I do not expect to like it. Another is "Rifles for Watie". Thanks for the mention of "Traveller", I was trying to remember that book told by Lee's horse. Check out the web site.<br />I have read "Red Badge" already and it is good, but not worthy of its acclaim. I found his transformation from a coward to a warrior to be unrealistic. BTW Crane did not become a war correspondent until after he wrote the book. He based the combat on talking to veterans.War Movie Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999735218343872013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201660899514011402.post-62996693300783188882011-02-03T22:22:19.984-06:002011-02-03T22:22:19.984-06:00The three young adult civil war novels i remember ...The three young adult civil war novels i remember reading are Red Badge by Crane, Across Five Aprils by Hunt and Traveller by Adams. Im sure there are more over the years. Red Badge remains the best because despite being short it benefits from Stephen Crane's youth and eye as a war correspondent. Aprils was only so so since much of it was set on a farm with not that much battle involved. Traveller is the most unique since its told from the first person perspective of Lee's own horse. If you have an imagination it works. Like Crane's book it has a down to earth quality to it. Havent read it in years tho.<br />Sword of Antietam...you can tell just by the title that it was written a good while back. Only calvary officers wore swords right?JHardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12975399049775935074noreply@blogger.com