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[Literature] Tennyson, Alfred, The Charge of the Light
[Literature] Tennyson, Alfred
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Hartford: January 13, 1855. Presumed first American appearance in print. Folio. 4 pp. "Hartford Weekly Times" (Vol. XXXIX), including a printing of Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava" on the front page. With some light wear and short closed tears to extremities, small paper loss to upper left corner. First published in "The Examiner" in London the month prior, Tennyson's poem recounts a failed military action in which British light cavalry stormed heavily armed Russian troops during the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. Of the 637 men involved in the effort, more than 200 were killed. Tennyson's poem sought to pay tribute to the soldiers involved.
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[Literature] Tennyson, Alfred
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Hartford: January 13, 1855. Presumed first American appearance in print. Folio. 4 pp. "Hartford Weekly Times" (Vol. XXXIX), including a printing of Tennyson's poem "The Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava" on the front page. With some light wear and short closed tears to extremities, small paper loss to upper left corner. First published in "The Examiner" in London the month prior, Tennyson's poem recounts a failed military action in which British light cavalry stormed heavily armed Russian troops during the Battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War. Of the 637 men involved in the effort, more than 200 were killed. Tennyson's poem sought to pay tribute to the soldiers involved.
