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The rebel yell : a cultural history / Craig A. Warren.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warren, Craig Andrew, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Confederate States of America. Army.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Miscellanea.
- United States.
- History.
- Confederate States of America. Army--Miscellanea.
- Confederate States of America.
- Southern States--Civilization.
- Southern States.
- Civilization.
- Battle-cries.
- Genre:
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- The Rebel Yell: A Cultural History provides the first comprehensive history of the fabled Confederate battle cry from its origins and myths through its use in American popular culture. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- "A very peculiar sound": 1861-1865
- Yelling in print: veterans remember
- The birth of a scream: the contested origins of the rebel yell
- Culture wars: the rebel yell in a reunited nation
- The civil rights era and the myth of the lost rebel yell
- "More, more, more": the rebel yell in popular culture.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780817318482
- 0817318488
- OCLC:
- 869141234
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