Bryan
W. Brickner finds an appreciation for
the teenage spirit in Richard Hanser’s 1976 book, The Glorious Hour of Lt. Monroe,
a biographical tale of revolutionary moments. Brickner has a 1997 political
science doctorate from Purdue University and is the author of several political
theory books, to include The Promise Keepers (1999) and The Book of the Is
(2013).
“The
phrase youth is wasted on the young,” opened Brickner, “does not apply to Lt.
Monroe.”
On
26 December 1776, after a night crossing of the icy Delaware River, General
George Washington and the Continental Army attacked the British camp in Trenton
(NJ): the American victory became a turning point for the Spirit of ’76.
Richard Hanser (1909-81) was a Peabody Award winner and newspaper and television
writer; he joined NBC after World War II and collaborated in writing “Victory
at Sea,” a naval history of the war. In the posting “Major Wilkinson ~ This is
a Glorious Day for our Country,” Brickner praises Hanser’s use of General
Washington’s words – though he notes his portrayal of Lt. Monroe’s teenage
sense-of-self as the high point.
“Hanser’s
book depicts a willful American teen,” summed Brickner, “caught up in a crazed
world – a world at war – and this young Lt. Monroe doesn’t appear to be
motivated by glory: it reads like duty.”
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Belief in oneself is the conjured ideal presented in a Halloween dialogue between authors Bryan W. Brickner and Stephen Young. This year’s dreamscape has Robert E. Lee standing with Revolutionary War rebel John F. Pettigrew, with Lee holding a (p ...
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The US Constitution, Yankee Doodle Dandies, and the Spirit of ’76 are honored from Antietam and Sharpsburg Maryland this Constitution Day 2014. In the finale to the summer War Cry Heal Union series, author Bryan W. Brickner utilizes the lives of ...
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Yankee Doodle Dandy and the Spirit of ’76 are showcased in the ninth posting of the summer War Cry Heal Union series from Ew Publishing. Author Bryan W. Brickner places Civil War Private Augustus (Gus) Kotka and Johnny Reb in a “spirited” dialogu ...
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An 18th century wonder, America’s First Amendment, is honored in a posting for the summer War Cry Heal Union series from Ew Publishing. Author Bryan W. Brickner highlights Western Civilization’s free speech tradition by contrasting it with two ...
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The nuances of citizenship in the (new) US Republic are detailed in posting 7.5 of the summer War Cry Heal Union series from Ew Publishing. Author Bryan W. Brickner notes the ins and outs of George Washington’s ideas on citizenship through his wo ...
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Civil wars and constitutional representation are talked of in the seventh posting of the summer War Cry Heal Union series from Ew Publishing. Author Bryan W. Brickner honors the 150th anniversary of Private Augustus Kotka’s last day on earth ~ by ...
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