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In fourteen pages this paper compares and contrasts Jeff Shaara’s novel The Glorious Cause with films about the American Revolution including Drums Along the Mohawk, Johnny Tremain, and The Crossing, to assess historical accuracy and to reveal any biases or defects in each portrayal. Two sources are listed in the bibliography.
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seaboard - most notably New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia - also fought vigorously and contributed mightily to the war effort and eventual rebel victory.
Filmmakers typically take two approaches to the American Revolution. They either make a documentary style film that emphasizes historical accuracy rather than dramatic impact or a Hollywood type epic
that glosses over facts for entertainment purposes. In a novel structure, the author has freedom to take full advantage of creative license whenever necessary, using just enough historical information
to provide the plot with its legitimacy. The films Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Johnny Tremain (1957), and The Crossing (2000), along with Jeff Shaaras The Glorious Cause: A
Novel of the American Revolution, maintain different focal points of this climactic time in colonial history. However, an analysis of each individual forms a seamless whole in terms of
insight and perspective about the historical period, the people who lived in it, and how the author and filmmakers chose their approaches to telling this riveting tale. Narrative of the
Films and Novel Irish transplant John Ford had a nostalgic affection for his adopted country and this is evident in this ode to the settlement of the American frontier,
Drums Along the Mohawk. It is the story of farmer Gil Martin and his privileged bride, the former Lana Borst, as they set off for an ominous future in
the Mohawk Valley, a primitive landscape unlike anything the new Mrs. Martin has ever experienced. The couples hardships, including the loss of their unborn child, are dramatized within the
context of the American Revolution and its impact upon the New York colony. Because skirmishes with Native Americans were common in this region during the eighteenth century, they are
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