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Author Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-

Title These honored dead : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin.

Publication Info. Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, [2003]
©2003

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Location Call No. Status
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.7 DES    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7349 DES    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.7349 D459T    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 246 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
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.
Subject 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.
ISBN 0306812673 hardcover
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