Captain Jinks, Hero

by Ernest Howard Crosby

A biting satire of late 19th-century American imperialism, Captain Jinks, Hero was written by the American pacifist Ernest Howard Crosby. Crosby, who corresponded with Leo Tolstoy and advocated Tolstoy's pacifist ideals in the United States, lambasts the American military and its involvement in the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Rebellion through the character of Captain Jinks, a jingoistic officer who embarks on a tragicomic quest to become a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0CDVR4GY6
• ISBN13: 9791041800797
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Culturea
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"