Author | Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964- |
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Title | These honored dead [electronic resource] : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin |
Imprint | Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2003 |
Connect to | http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=100749 |
Descript | xxii, 246 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm |
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