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The Private History of a Campaign That Failed

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Written by
  
Philip H. Reisman Jr.

Music by
  
William P. Perry

Producer(s)
  
Peter H. Hunt

Author
  
Mark Twain

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Directed by
  
Peter H. Hunt

Country of origin
  
United States

Originally published
  
1885

Original language
  
English language

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Starring
  
Edward Herrmann Pat Hingle Joseph Adams Harry Crosby Kelly Pease

Similar
  
Mark Twain books, American Civil War books

"The Private History of a Campaign that Failed" is one of Mark Twain's sketches (1885), a short, highly fictionalized memoir of his two-week stint in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard. It takes place in Marion County, Missouri, and is about a group of inexperienced militiamen, the Marion Rangers.

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Television film

In 1981, a made-for-television film adaptation of The Private History of a Campaign that Failed was broadcast on PBS starring Edward Herrmann, Pat Hingle, Joseph Adams, Harry Crosby and Kelly Pease.

Cast

  • Edward Herrmann as The Stranger
  • Pat Hingle as Col. Ralls
  • Joseph Adams as Capt. Tom Lyman
  • Harry Crosby as Cpl. Ed Stevens
  • Kelly Pease as Cab
  • Gary McCleery as Second Lieutenant
  • Roy Cockrum as Sgt. Bowers

    • References

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