Whitlock described a political parade of the time— "the smell of saltpeter, the snorts of horses, the shouts of men, the red and white ripple of the flags that went careering by in smoke and flame"— and found in this "some strange suggestion of the... The 13th District: A Story of a Candidate - Page 161by Brand Whitlock - 1902 - 490 pagesFull view - About this book
| Morton Keller Professor of History Brandeis University - 2007 - 350 pages
...demands — of military conflict. Novelist Brand Whitlock, observing a political parade of the time — "the smell of saltpeter, the snorts of horses, the...the flags that went careering by in smoke and flame" — found in it "some strange suggestion of the war our political contests typify, in spirit and symbol... | |
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