"Men Go to Battle" Topic
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| Tango01 | 12 Oct 2016 11:55 a.m. PST |
"The following are reasons that Henry Mellon, the protagonist of the film Men Go to Battle, volunteers to leave his home and fight for the Union in the Civil War: his brother, Francis, has thrown an ax at him in a spirit of fun; one of his mules has run into the woods; the local rich girl has spurned his advances; his arable land is choked with weeds; Francis is taller and more confident than he is; a rainstorm has drowned six of his chickens. The following are not evident reasons for his enlistment: patriotism, abolitionism. Henry can neither read nor write, and he shows no interest in the world beyond his town, Small's Corner, Kentucky. The rich girl he likes is waited on by enslaved maids. He slips off to the army on a winter night. Weeks later, he composes a letter home, dictating to a literate comrade: "I have all the beef and salted pork I want."…!
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| Dan Beattie | 12 Oct 2016 1:53 p.m. PST |
I'd like to buy this movie. I wonder where it is available? |
| Paul B | 12 Oct 2016 3:00 p.m. PST |
Amazon says the dvd will be released on November 1st. |
| Tango01 | 13 Oct 2016 10:37 a.m. PST |
Thanks!.
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completes a Confederate river ironclad.
