{"product_id":"the-war-prayer-9780060911133","title":"The War Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eThe War Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally rejected for publication in 1905 as \"not quite suited to a woman's magazine,\" this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain's literary executor collected it in the volume \u003cem\u003eEurope and Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e. Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, \u003cem\u003eThe War Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e remains a relevant classic by an American icon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwain, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003ePersonal Recollections of Joan of Arc\u003c\/em\u003e was his last completed book--and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper \u0026amp; Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50631589789970,"sku":"9780060911133","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_55b7dc5f-3da2-4a0c-bbd3-fad75853560b.jpg?v=1732776961","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-war-prayer-9780060911133","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}