These honored dead [electronic resource] : how the story of Gettysburg shaped American memory / Thomas A. Desjardin.
Material type:
- 9780306812675
- 9780585483351
- E475.53 .D47 2003
Includes bibliographical referencesand index.
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.
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