Project Gutenberg 2009-08-03 Public domain in the USA. 603 Morford, Henry 1823 1881 07026106 Shoulder-Straps: A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Produced by David Edwards, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Shoulder-Straps: A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862" by Henry Morford is a historical novel written in the mid-19th century. The story is set during the American Civil War and follows the lives of various characters in New York as they navigate the intricacies of friendship, love, and conflict. The main characters introduced in the opening chapters are Walter Lane Harding, a reserved merchant, and Tom Leslie, a free-spirited journalist, as they encounter the complexities of society amidst the backdrop of war. The opening of the novel sets a vivid scene as Harding and Leslie exit a theater and witness a disturbing incident involving a woman from the city's underbelly and a brutish man. This incident acts as a catalyst for Harding to reflect on the moral dilemmas of their time, while also establishing Leslie's previous acquaintance with Dexter Ralston, a mysterious figure whose allegiances remain uncertain. As the story unfolds, themes of honor, duty, and the personal impact of the Civil War begin to emerge, showing how the characters' lives interconnect amid the turmoil of a nation in conflict. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction PS Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: American Literature 1064828 2025-08-12T08:25:11.779157 text/html 1074182 2009-08-03T08:01:58 text/html 563645 2025-08-12T08:25:24.710068 application/epub+zip 579561 2025-08-12T08:25:15.730093 application/epub+zip 488409 2025-08-12T08:25:14.299094 application/epub+zip 978144 2025-08-12T08:25:31.894053 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 934696 2025-08-12T08:25:23.743085 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 777864 2022-09-13T16:06:45.729887 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1034754 2025-08-12T08:25:10.581146 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1034543 2009-08-03T08:01:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1034534 2009-08-03T08:01:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20141 2025-08-12T08:25:32.036016 application/rdf+xml 20629 2025-08-12T08:25:14.833078 image/jpeg 4465 2025-08-12T08:25:14.565095 image/jpeg 402874 2009-08-03T08:01:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 456669 2009-08-03T08:01:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 402839 2009-08-03T08:01:58 application/octet-stream application/zip 551022 2025-08-12T08:25:11.865104 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog