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    Niel Longley York's Fiction as Fact presents a unique argument about history. A strength of this book is its structure, and a weakness is York's longwinded ways of presenting a claim. York's thesis is that the way that history has been interpreted has been changed.

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    Niel Longley York's Fiction as Fact presents a unique argument about history. A strength of this book is its structure, and a weakness is York's longwinded ways of presenting a claim. York's thesis is that the way that history has been interpreted has been changed.

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    Niel Longley York's Fiction as Fact presents a unique argument about history. A strength of this book is its structure, and a weakness is York's longwinded ways of presenting a claim. York's thesis is that the way that history has been interpreted has been changed.

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    FictionasFact
    TheHorseSoldiers&PopularMemory
    NeilLongleyYork

    ChristenMangum
    Dr.RogerBlomquist
    AmericanCivilizations
    HIST1700013
    February19,2014

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    NielLongleyYorks
    FictionasFact
    presentsauniqueargumentabouthistorythrough
    threesourcedonthesameCivilWardistraction.
    ThethesisforYorks
    FictionasFact
    isthat
    thewaythathistoryhasbeeninterpretedhasbeenchangedtofitwhatwouldinterestan
    audiencemore,specificallyinthecaseoftheCivilWaroperationleadbyColonelGrierson,
    firstinhistorianDeeBrownsinterpretationfromoriginaldocumentsfromthesoldiersin
    hisbook
    Grierson'sRaid
    ,whichincludedstretchinginferencesandcreatingcertain
    conversationsinordertopiecetogetherastory,secondinwriterHaroldSinclairsfictional
    book
    TheHorseSoldiers
    basedoffthehistoricalevent,wherehemoldedtherealpersonsin
    theactualraidintocharactersofdifferentnamesandarchetypes,andaddedaplotlineof
    contentionbetweenadoctorandGrierson'scharacterMarloweinordertoappealtoa
    greateraudiencetomakeSinclairsbookmoreentertaining,andthirdinJohnFordsand
    JohnMahinsmovie
    TheHorseSoldiers
    basedoffofSinclairsbook,wheredrasticchanges
    weremade,mostnotablythepresenceofaloveinterestforGrierson'scharacterMarlowe
    andacreatedeventofamarchinvolvingamilitaryschoolmarch,andonlythebasicplots
    wereadheredto,inordertogainmoreinterestfromtheirmoviegoers.
    Astrengthofthisbookisitsstructure.Thelayoutofthisbookfeaturessixchapters.The
    firstchapterpresentsonlythehistoricalfactsofthemilitaryoperationtheGriersonledacross
    Mississippi,givingthefoundationneededtounderstandtherestofthebook.Thesecondchapter
    presentsthefirstbook,andthethirdchapterpresentsSinclairsbook,thefourthchapterisabout
    themovie.ThefifthchapterpresentsspecificexamplesofhowthingschangedfromBrowns
    GriersonsRaid
    toSinclairs
    TheHorseSoldiers
    ,andthemoviebyFord.Thesixthchapter
    explainsthedynamicofhistory,historicalfiction,andtheblurredlinebetweenthem.This

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    structurehelpsthereaderunderstandthebookoverall.
    AweaknessofthisbookisYorkslongwindedwaysofpresentingaclaimormainpoint.
    Oftenheputinquotationsorparaphrasedexcerptsfromhissources,ultimatelyendingupata
    pointthatcouldhavebeentoldmuchmoreconciselywithoutsomuchinbetween.WhenYork
    goesonthesetangents,itisquiteeasytoforgetthereasonwhyacertainsegmentwasso
    important.
    YorkaddressesFordsmovie
    TheHorseSoldiers
    withaviewpointonthefacts
    surroundingthemakingofthemovie.Heoftenilluminatedthetugofwarthathappened
    betweenthedirectorFordandhisproducerMehinoverthescript,evenafterthesupposedfinal
    scriptwasmade,Fordtookthelibertyofchangingitanyway.Yorkseemedsympatheticorat
    leastslightlysupportiveofFordsendeavors,whowasaloverofhistoryasdescribedbyYork,
    ashechallengedMehinssuggestedchangesthatwouldtakethemovieinadifferentdirectionor
    changethemeaningofthemovieitself.
    Inthebook,York,throughhiswriting,seemedmoreomnipotent,lookingatthingsina
    thirdcharacterpointofview,wherehepresentedothersopinions,view,andinterpretationsbut
    heledthereadertohisintendedinferences.Becauseofthis,
    FictionasFact
    bookbringstolight
    aninterestingdynamicthatishappeninginsociety,thatthehistorythatwethinkweknowis
    reallyjustawhitewashedversionwithtonsofholesinit.Yorkalsomakesthebookinteresting
    bybringingupahistoricaleventasinterestingasGriersonsraidthathasalsohaditstimeinthe
    limelightasbothabookandamovie.Byusinghisthreemainsources,healsowritesatypeof
    synthesis.
    ThisisabookthatIwouldrecommendtosomeonewhowouldbeinterestedinwriting

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    historicalfictionorwhowantstoinvestigateintohistory.ThesetypesofpeopleIbelievewould
    beYorksintendedaudiencebecauseIdonotbelievethat
    FictionasFact
    couldbereadforpure
    entertainmentvalue.

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