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Holland, Barbara. Gentlemen's Blood: a History of Dueling from Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk.(Book Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 320p. illus. Bloomsbury, $24.95 (1-58234-366-7). 394.
Any Neanderthal can avenge an affront, but killing with style requires a true gentleman, steeped in manners, skilled at arms, and valiant in honor's defense. But as Holland reveals in her jocose journey through the dormant custom of dueling, gentlemen would duel at the drop of a hat. Vegetable seeds were at the nub of a duel Sam Houston fought, a typically disproportionate playing ...
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