These honored dead [electronic resource] : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin.
By: Desjardin, Thomas A.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Da Capo Press, c2003Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780306812675; 9780585483351.Call No.:
E475.53
.D47 2003
Subject(s): Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 | National characteristics, American | Memory -- Social aspects -- United States | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- HistoriographyOnline resources: Electronic Resources
Contents:
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
The many meanings of Gettysburg -- Infirm foundations -- The struggle over memory -- Rascality and stupidity -- The self-fulfilling prophecy of John Badger Bachelder -- Lost in the lost cause -- Constructing the consummate Gettysburg hero -- The world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture -- Where's Buster Kilrain buried? -- American Valhalla.
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Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
The many meanings of Gettysburg -- Infirm foundations -- The struggle over memory -- Rascality and stupidity -- The self-fulfilling prophecy of John Badger Bachelder -- Lost in the lost cause -- Constructing the consummate Gettysburg hero -- The world's largest collection of outdoor sculpture -- Where's Buster Kilrain buried? -- American Valhalla.
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