In literature, a sound understanding of the historical context behind a work's creation can give us a fuller appreciation of the narrative. In analyzing historical events, context can help us understand what motivated people to behave as they did. Put another way, context is what gives meaning to the details. Don't confuse context with cause. Cause is the action that creates an outcome; context is the environment in which that event occurs.
String Along. String Along is an album by the Kingston Trio, released in 1960 (see 1960 in music). It was their fifth studio album in a row to reach number one on the Billboard charts and remained there for ten weeks. String Along received an RIAA gold certification in 1962, a year after Dave Guard had left the group.
Drums Along the Mohawk is a historical fiction novel about settlers in western New York during the Revolutionary war. The two most predominant characters, Gil and Lana Martin, are newlyweds who are, at the beginning of the book, going to live on Gil's new land.