These Honored Dead
How the Story of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory
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Word Count
61,500 words, Guess
Page Count
246 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9822924M
- ISBN-139780306812675
- ISBN-100306812673
- OCLC Control Number52838310
- Library of Congress Control Number2003017130
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- Goodreads2282461
- LibraryThing257324
Classifications
- LCCE475.53 .D47 2003
Description
"How did the story of Gettysburg evolve? Why did the battle become a legend? And how much truth is behind the myth? For seven score years, Americans have shaped and altered the national memory of the battle, fashioning the story of Gettysburg to reflect our changing culture and national character. Now Thomas A. Desjardin, a prominent Civil War historian and keen cultural observer, demonstrates how flawed our knowledge of this enormous event has become and why that has happened. This is, in effect, a biography of a story - the story of Gettysburg."--Jacket.
First Sentence
After the motorcade halted at the base of an observation tower in the midst of the Gettysburg battlefield, President Dwight Eisenhower stepped out of the car just ahead of his guest, British general Bernard Montgomery.
Excerpt
After the motorcade halted at the base of an observation tower in the midst of the Gettysburg battlefield, President Dwight Eisenhower stepped out of the car just ahead of his guest, British general Bernard Montgomery.
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