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Fragments of War Era Notes and Traveler Tales
A collage of 19th century clippings recounts duels and soldiers, temperance missions, viral jokes, and odd anecdotes. It includes a duel tale ending with a German officer's death, Bill Dean the Texan’s jokester exploits, Father Matthew’s temperance chat in Ireland, a monkey versus cobra tale, Matamoros incidents, and satirical social sketches from America and Peru.
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Bill Dean
Kendall
The
Picayune
Matamoros
Expoean
Texas Volunteers
Texas
Corpus Christi
Acinar House
Bi Dean
Harrangue
Rio Grande
Angus
Vic
Brimeeason
Father Marrarw
Colonel Schouler
Lowell Courier
Father Matthew
Cork
Darrow
America
Matthew
Jae
Ireland
J White
Manea