Project Gutenberg 2014-03-24 Public domain in the USA. 100 Durham, Robert Lee 1870 1949 Roth, Henry The Call of the South Produced by Al Haines "The Call of the South" by Robert Lee Durham is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the backdrop of an impending war, the story focuses on the 71st Ohio regiment as they respond to a call for troops to confront German forces threatening Venezuela, exploring themes of patriotism, duty, and racial identity. The main character, Hayward Graham, is a young man with mixed heritage who struggles with societal perceptions of race and his desire to serve his country. At the start of the novel, the scene is set in a crowded military armory as citizen-soldiers prepare to answer the President's call for volunteers amidst growing tension over German actions in Venezuela. The narrative introduces Hayward Graham, who, despite his military aspirations, faces rejection from enlisting due to the small percentage of African ancestry in his bloodline. As the chapter unfolds, the lively environment juxtaposes the soldiers' excitement with more somber undertones of impending duty and personal sacrifice, particularly for Graham, who grapples with feelings of humiliation and determination to prove his worthiness. The opening portion adeptly establishes the camaraderie of the soldiers, the expectations placed upon them, and the underlying question of racial identity within the fabric of patriotism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/45206/45206-rst/images/img-cover.jpg en Race relations -- Fiction Racism -- Fiction Miscegenation -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 853545 853500 2024-09-19T04:39:36.372965 2023-09-19T15:53:12.860096 text/html text/html 855913 2014-03-24T20:55:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 720761 2014-03-24T20:55:26 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 747870 2024-09-19T04:40:02.962293 application/epub+zip 1256994 2024-09-19T04:40:00.029418 application/pdf 824052 2024-09-19T04:39:43.240892 application/pdf 769580 2024-09-19T04:39:47.516901 application/epub+zip 367489 2024-09-19T04:39:39.400921 application/epub+zip 963561 2024-09-19T04:40:09.515277 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 914625 2024-09-19T04:39:56.116363 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 514054 2022-09-20T15:56:32.201052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 721468 2024-09-19T04:39:35.317022 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 721680 2014-03-24T20:56:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 273816 2014-03-24T20:56:10 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 716412 2014-03-24T20:56:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 273185 2014-03-24T20:56:16 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 716411 2014-03-24T20:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273094 2014-03-24T20:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 26540 2024-09-19T04:40:09.664249 application/rdf+xml 716965 2024-09-19T04:39:33.186002 2023-09-19T15:53:12.112525 text/x-rst text/x-rst 716965 2014-03-24T20:56:26 text/x-rst 700976 2014-03-24T20:56:26 text/x-rst application/zip 14634 2024-09-19T04:39:44.680907 image/jpeg 2821 2024-09-19T04:39:43.977890 image/jpeg 720759 2024-09-19T04:39:36.456942 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog