The War Prayer by Mark Twain

The War Prayer

Mark Twain

54 pages first pub 1900 (editions)

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Written Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, The War Prayer tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war.

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emotional 33%

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