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Far from the battlefield, war enters through a newspaper, a recruiting drive, a letter—and asks where you stand.
In In the Sixties, Harold Frederic brings the American Civil War into the farms and villages of upstate New York. Newspaper reports and letters from the front carry the conflict into homes. Young men enlist, while those who stay must keep farms and shops running. The great battles remain distant; their demands do not.
Frederic explores loyalty through ordinary people in the North, where support for the Union sits alongside quarrels over politics. What does loyalty mean when a country fights itself? His plain, ironic realism keeps attention on daily routines, local speech, and the choices families face. This is war seen close to home, without romance or easy comfort.
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- A village view Enter a settled landscape of farms, churches, country roads, and small market towns.
- Loyalty under pressure Consider what loyalty means to Northerners as political quarrels bring the war into daily life.
- The work left behind See how enlistment changes the routines of farms and shops for those who stay.
- News from the front Follow the war into Northern homes through newspaper reports and letters from the front.
- People without romance Meet ordinary people through close observation and speech rooted in their place and time.
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- War changes homes and daily life
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Dans les années soixante
by Harold Frederic · 1897
In upstate New York villages, the Civil War tests families, divides neighbors and puts loyalty at stake.
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The war seen from a Northern village
Frederic sets his wartime fiction in the farm country of upstate New York, a region he knew from childhood. The land is settled and orderly, with farms, churches, country roads and small market towns. The war is far away, yet it reaches every household.
The news comes slowly and unevenly. Neighbors gather to hear the papers read and argue over what the latest report means. A battle in Virginia or Tennessee changes the mood of a whole village within days.
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What is In the Sixties by Harold Frederic about?
It is Civil War fiction about the Northern home front. Instead of battles, it follows families and neighbors in upstate New York as they face enlistment, political division, waiting and loss during the war.
Who was Harold Frederic?
Harold Frederic was an American journalist and novelist from Utica, New York. He wrote realistic fiction about small-town life and worked as a London correspondent for the New York Times. He died in 1898.
What is a Copperhead in Civil War history?
A Copperhead was a Northern Democrat who opposed the Civil War and the Lincoln government, often favoring a negotiated peace. Opponents used the name as an insult. Frederic's wartime fiction draws on this conflict.
The author
Harold Frederic
1856–1898 · American journalist and novelist
Harold Frederic (1856–1898) was an American journalist and novelist born in Utica, New York. He moved to London in 1884 as a correspondent for The New York Times. His novels include The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896) and The Market-Place, published after his death in 1899. He died in England.
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