Behemoth: A Legend of the Mound-Builders

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Behemoth: A Legend of the Mound-Builders is a 19th-century American novel by Cornelius Mathews that blends historical speculation and romantic fiction around the mysterious prehistoric mound-building cultures of North America.

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instanceOf novel
author Cornelius Mathews NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts earthwork mounds
mysterious prehistoric societies
genre historical fiction
romantic fiction
hasCreator Cornelius Mathews NERFINISHED
influencedBy contemporary archaeological speculation about mounds
language English
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement American Romanticism
narrativeMode fictionalized history
partOf 19th-century American literature
setting North America NERFINISHED
subject mound-building cultures
prehistoric North America
theme historical speculation
mythic past of America
origins of civilization in North America
timePeriodOfWork 19th century
workPeriod American antebellum era

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Cornelius Mathews notableWork Behemoth: A Legend of the Mound-Builders