74:. This collection of short travel narratives comments on popular hotels, landmarks and transportation routes in various California cities such as Santa Barbara, Monterey, Napa and San Jose. In his later work, Dodd adopted a more serious and sentimental style, mainly writing poetry dealing with the Civil War. His most renowned poem, "The Pride of Battery B" was originally published in the
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