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Traveller (Paperback)

by Richard Adams (Author)
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The author of Watership Down devises an ironic, revisionist view of the Civil War as seen by Robert E. Lee's horse, Traveller. "Fans of Adams's earlier novels will rejoice in his undiminished gift for conveying both the physical life and the interior essence of an animal . . . . But the author's depiction of human action is less convincing, with repetitious, meandering delineations of encampments, advances and attacks," said PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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The Civil War has been viewed from almost every possible perspective, but Adams breaks new ground: a first-person narrative, in dialect, by Robert E. Lee's horse. Traveller's equine memoirs are told to a cat in the stable of the retired general. There is a twist to this central event in American history: Traveller is unaware that Lee lost. Although Adams's five previous novels were well received, the mythic clarity and enchantment of Watership Down or Shardik are missing here. Still, interest in the previous novels should create demand. BOMC alternate. Edwin B. Burgess, U.S. Army TRALINET Ctr., Fort Monroe, Va.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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5.0étoiles sur 5 Southern observations of the Civil War..., Fév 4 1997
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This review is from: Traveller (Audio Cassette)
As with his other books, Richard Adams's primary narrator is an animal. In this case, the animal is Robert E. Lee's beloved steed, Traveller. In the book named for the horse, the horrors of the civil war and the plight of the south are brought to light. Traveller has a unique view of the war because he was on the front lines but could not understand (from a horse's point of view) what all of the fighting was about. Instead, Traveller focuses on his relationship with Lee and Lee's relationships with the men around him. While Traveller is historically accurate, the reader is challenged to determine the characters and events behind the charicatures. Traveller refers to various participants in his own terms, resorting to more descriptives than acutal names. The reader will chuckle at descriptives such as "Cap in His Eyes" for Stonewall Jackson (whose horse was equally lank and serious). The book is ironically poignant on several fronts; from Traveller's eternal optimism over the success of the South in the war, confusion about God and war, to his view that Robert E. Lee must be the most important man in the world. In the end Traveller, like Adams's aclaimed Watership Down, shows us just how silly man's actions really are. Traveller is sweet, funny, and occasionally sad but ultimately engrossing and educational
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