Desjardin, Thomas A.,  1964- <br/><br/>
These honored dead   how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory /  [electronic resource] :  
Thomas A. Desjardin. 
 - Cambridge, Mass. :  Da Capo Press,  c2003. 
 - 1 online resource.    
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical referencesand index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780306812675 9780585483351 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.<br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Memory--Social aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Influence.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>United States--History--Historiography.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E475.53  / .D47 2003