“Holding Up a Train,” O. Henry

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“The Rockpile,” James Baldwin

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“An Army with Banners,” James Weldon Johnson

“In Another Country,” Ernest Hemingway

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“The Duel: ‘Once more Adieu,’” Alexander Hamilton

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“Soldiers and Ghosts,” Ambrose Bierce

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