{"product_id":"the-war-prayer","title":"The War Prayer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Mark Twain during the Philippine-American War in the first decade of the twentieth century, \u003cem\u003eThe War Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e tells of a patriotic church service held to send the town's young men off to war. During the service, a stranger enters and addresses the gathering. He tells the patriotic crowd that their prayers for victory are double-edged-by praying for victory they are also praying for the destruction of the enemy... for the destruction of human life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally rejected for publication in 1905 as \"not quite suited to a woman's magazine,\" this antiwar parable remained unpublished until 1923, when Twain's literary executor collected it in the volume \u003cem\u003eEurope and Elsewhere\u003c\/em\u003e. Handsomely illustrated by the artist and war correspondent Philip Groth, \u003cem\u003eThe War Prayer\u003c\/em\u003e remains a relevant classic by an American icon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947253268711,"sku":"9780060911133","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_72502f80-838f-4fd7-a558-71308d4f8b62.jpg?v=1775485132","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/the-war-prayer","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}