The Town, 5 (Event)
Text:
Page Number:
5
Order within Page:
1
First 8-10 words of event:
No, that's wrong: there had been a Snopes
Page Event Ends:
5
Era:
Civil War (1861-1865)
Characters Present:
Characters Mentioned:
Narrative Status:
Narrated
Date:
Friday, January 1, 1864 to Saturday, December 31, 1864
Summary:
Charles corrects his statement about the "first" Snopes in Jefferson when he remembers an earlier one, a thief who stole horses during the Civil War from both Union and Confederate forces (5). This novel says he was hanged, but in earlier texts he was just shot and not killed.
Chronological Order:
2.00
Indeterminate Date Range:
Keywords:
Civil War, Horse Thief, Myth, Narrative Revision
Cultural Issues:
Aesthetics:
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