The War Prayer

Written by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town''s young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life. Originally rejected for publication in 1905 as "not quite suited to a woman''s magazine," this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain''s literary executor collected it in the volume Europe and Elsewhere . Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, The War Prayer remains a relevant classic by an American icon.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: John (ill) Groth, Mark Twain
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 25.01.1984
• EAN: 9780060911133
• ISBN: 978-0-06-091113-3
• Seiten: 96
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 205 mm x 6 mm
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