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Sergeant Lamb's America (2005)

Sergeant Lamb's America (2005)

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089733213X (ISBN13: 9780897332132)
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English
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academy chicago publishers

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La historia de la independencia estadounidense desde la perspectiva de un casaca roja. Olvídese del heróico "Patriota" de Mel Gibson y enfrentemos un mundo de soldados de carne y hueso, intereses mezquinos y un mundo con tonos de gris, menos narcicista, que este libro no se hizo para ganar en la taquilla. El respetadísimo Robert Graves nos cuenta la historia del Sargento Lamb, un dublinés que toma el camino de las armas siguiendo su ansia de aventura y se embarca a la guerra en América. Un retrato realista de la guerra se abre a los ojos del lector, con escenas brutales, personajes sorprendentes como el mohawk homosexual Cabeza Amarilla, el bravo Benedict Arnold y el mismo Lamb. La historia muestra un ejército inglés más capaz pero con mandos menos comprometidos y descoordinados, se denuncia un ejército americano lejos de ser civilizado y un Pueblo de las Seis Naciones que muestra el protagonismo que el pueblo indio tuvo en la guerra. Para su tiempo, un libro vibrante y de lectura fluida, personajes sólidos como todos los de Graves y un retazo de historia para alimentar el espíritu crítico antes el bombardeo mediático. Que quizás los buenos siempre son creados por los que escriben la historia.

Robert Graves wrote what may be considered the best war autobiography (Goodbye to All That, in which he tells of his World War I experience). In this fictional autobiography of Roger Lamb, Graves uses his soldier's sympathies to tell the story of the American Revolution from a different perspective. A Who's-Who of figures (Benedict Arnold, Burgoyne, Schuyler, Horatio Gates, Thayendanegea, Guy Carleton, and many others) wander in and out of the story as Lamb leaves his native Ireland and soldiers in Canada and in the New York campaign that ended with Burgoyne surrendering at Ticonderoga.Lamb recounts his story in retirement in Ireland and is largely loyal to his king and country and completely loyal to his fellow soldiers. The Americans puzzle him a little, though he manages a consistent interpretation that shows the American motives to be simultaneously idealistic and self-serving.Being a soldier in this time sounds awful, and being a wounded soldier seems a certain way to make that situation worse. Graves, as always, writes beautifully and crafts a story that cries for a sequel, but it seems he never followed it up.

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