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These honored dead : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-
Corporate Author: NetLibrary, Inc
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2003]
Subjects:
Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Historiography.
National characteristics, American.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of 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.