AuthorDesjardin, Thomas A., 1964-
TitleThese honored dead [electronic resource] : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin
Imprint Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2003
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Descript xxii, 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm

CONTENT

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


SUBJECT

  1. Gettysburg
  2. Battle of
  3. Gettysburg
  4. Pa.
  5. 1863
  6. United States -- History -- Civil War
  7. 1861-1865 -- Influence
  8. United States -- History -- Civil War
  9. 1861-1865 -- Historiography
  10. National characteristics
  11. American
  12. Memory -- Social aspects -- United States
  13. Electronic books.