Through the heart of Dixie : Sherman's March and American memory / Anne Sarah Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, Anne S.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sherman's March to the Sea.

Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891.

Sherman, William T.

Physical Description:

xiv, 300 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]

Summary:

"Sherman's March, cutting a path through Georgia and the Carolinas, is among the most symbolically potent events of the Civil War. In Through the Heart of Dixie, Anne Sarah Rubin uncovers and unpacks stories and myths about the March from a wide variety of sources, including African Americans, women, Union soldiers, Confederates, and even Sherman himself. Drawing her evidence from an array of media, including travel accounts, memoirs, literature, films, and newspapers, Rubin uses the competing and contradictory stories as a lens into the ways that American thinking about the Civil War has changed over time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : marching through metaphors

Stories of the great march

Southern belles and brother masons

Freedpeople and forty acres

Brave bummers of the West

Uncle Billy, the Merchant of Terror

On Sherman's track

Songs and snapshots

Fiction and film

Conclusion : Rubin's March.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-291) and index.

ISBN:

9781469617770

1469617773

OCLC:

875742477