The two series concern the Mexican War and the Civil War respectively, and satirize political doctrines, the cowardice of editors, and the differences between the North and South.  
The two series concern the Mexican War and the Civil War respectively, and satirize political doctrines, the cowardice of editors, and the differences between the North and South.  There are three central characters: the scoundrel Birdofredom Swain, the Reverend Homer Wilburn, and Hosea, the title character.  FTP, name this series of poems and prose sketches by James Russell Lowell.
The two series concern the Mexican War and the Civil War respectively, and satirize political doctrines, the cowardice of editors, and the differences between the North and South.  
The Biglow Papers