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The myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest / Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill.
Van Pelt Library E467.1.F72 A84 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ashdown, Paul, 1944-
- Series:
- American crisis series ; no. 16.
- The American crisis series ; no. 16
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877--Legends.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877--Public opinion.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- Generals--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Generals.
- Public opinion.
- Public opinion--United States.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Cavalry operations.
- History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Legends.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 218 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield ; [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by National Book Network, [2005]
- Summary:
- In an era that produced Stonewall Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Robert E. Lee, Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest emerged as a legend in his own right-a notorious character of mythic proportions even in his day. In the twenty-first century, his legacy continues to polarize the South: as a symbol of the Lost Cause and hero to working-class Southerners on the one hand, and as an emblem of slavery and lingering racial tensions on the other.
- In this brisk and lively new book, Paul Ashdown and Edward Caudill explore the creation of the relentless Forrest Myth. Scrutinizing literature, art, cinema, and popular culture from the past 150 years, the authors contend that the legend is a creation of the nation's literature, its obsession with the Civil War, and its media.
- Enthralling and informative, this book will captivate readers with the enigma that was Nathan Bedford Forrest.
- Contents:
- Part 1 Dreams of Glory 1
- Chapter 1 A Future Foretold 3
- Chapter 2 A River of Blood 29
- Chapter 3 The Country of the Damned 53
- Part 2 Mythmakers 69
- Chapter 4 Forrest and the Press 71
- Chapter 5 Monkeys and Manifestoes 103
- Chapter 6 Hydra and Heracles 125
- Part 3 No Peace in Tennessee 173
- Chapter 7 Only the Dead Can Ride 175.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-209) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0742543005
- 0842050663
- 0842050671
- OCLC:
- 53276236
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