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The Private History of a Campaign that Failed is one of Mark Twain's sketches (1885), a short, highly fictionalized memoir of his two-week stint in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard. It takes place in Marion County, Missouri, and is about a group of inexperienced militiamen, the Marion Rangers, who end up killing a stranger in ...
In this classic short story, Mark Twain recounts his experience as a second lieutenant in a militia company during the Civil War. He describes the confusion, the absurdity, and the irony of the situation, as well as the characters and events that shaped his private history.
30. Nov. 2020 · Those two weeks are the highly fictionalized subject of his genre-bending (fiction? creative non-fiction?) short piece, “A Private History of a Campaign that Failed,” which is the subject of Benjamin Griffin’s excellent and definitive book, Mark Twain’s Civil War.
- Kent Gramm
- 2021
10. Dez. 2019 · Contents. The private history of a campaign that failed -- The invalid's story -- Luck -- The captain's story -- A curious experience -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- Meisterschaft. Credits. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed.
18. Apr. 2023 · Read excerpts from \"The Private History of a Campaign That Failed\", where Mark Twain recounts his two-week stint as a Confederate soldier in 1861. He describes his adventures, misadventures and observations with his usual wit and satire.
Concerning his brief experience as a Rebel soldier in Missouri, Mark Twain has presented us, indeed, "The Private History of a Campaign That Failed," but this obviously burlesqued account cannot seriously be accepted as an accurate exposition of events and motives.
11. Dez. 2009 · Mark Twain. 3.55. 202 ratings20 reviews. Kindle Edition to the class Mark Twain work. Genres Classics Short Stories Fiction Humor Audiobook 19th Century Historical Fiction. Kindle Edition. First published December 11, 2009. Book details & editions. About the author. Mark Twain. 8,751 books17.6k followers. Follow.
