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These honored dead : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.
- Historiography.
- National characteristics, American.
- Memory--Social aspects--United States.
- Memory.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2003]
- Summary:
- Explores the legends and myths that have shaped our national memory of America's most important battle.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306812673
- OCLC:
- 52838310
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