This author described swallows that "fly low" over the "forest-field of Shiloh" in a poem collected in his book Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.
This author described swallows that "fly low" over the "forest-field of Shiloh" in a poem collected in his book Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War. This author's last novel was an allegory in which the title figure interacts with passengers on the steamboat Fidele on the Mississippi, titled The Confidence-Man. In another novel, Captain Amasa Delano finally discovers the title figure's ship has been taken over by its slave cargo. Along with Benito Cereno, another novella by this author sees the title figure salute Captain Vere before being hanged for killing Claggart. FTP, name this author of Billy Budd as well as a book about Ahab's obsession with a white whale.
This author described swallows that "fly low" over the "forest-field of Shiloh" in a poem collected in his book Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War.
Herman Melville