Gettysburg Heroes

Perfect Soldiers, Hallowed Ground

AvGlenn W. LaFantasie

Inbunden, Engelska, 2008

Del i serien Indiana University Press (IPS)

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Beskrivning

The Civil War generation saw its world in ways startlingly different from our own. In these essays, Glenn W. LaFantasie examines the lives and experiences of several key personalities who gained fame during the war and after. The battle of Gettysburg is the thread that ties these Civil War lives together. Gettysburg was a personal turning point, though each person was affected differently. Largely biographical in its approach, the book captures the human drama of the war and shows how this group of individuals—including Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, William C. Oates, and others—endured or succumbed to the war and, willingly or unwillingly, influenced its outcome. At the same time, it shows how the war shaped the lives of these individuals, putting them through ordeals they never dreamed they would face or survive.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2008-02-05
Mått:156 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:544 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Indiana University Press (IPS)
Antal sidor:296
Förlag:Indiana University Press
ISBN:9780253350718

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Glenn W. LaFantasie is Richard Frockt Family Professor of Civil War History at Western Kentucky University. He is author of Twilight at Little Round Top and Gettysburg Requiem: The Life of William C. Oates. He lives in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

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Glenn LaFantasie is one of the finest writers in the field of Civil War history. His prose is accessible, pleasurable to read, and always insightful and provocative . . . this book should excite a lot of interest.- Joan Waugh (editor of The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture) Glenn LaFantasie flat out knows how to write Civil War history!- Richard N. Larsen (The MidWest Book Review) LaFantasie has written in a lucid, easy-to-understand manner . . . highly recommended.July 13, 2008(Daily News (Bowling Green, KY)) Gettysburg Heroes offers concise and clear stories of soldiers, civilians, generals and presidents. . . . Bring[ing] us a little closer to the truth about the battle of Gettysburg and how it has become an oracle for this nation. April 4, 2008(Civil War Librarian) Well-researched, Gettysburg Heroes makes a genuine contribution in the field of the Civil War in thought and memory, and specifically the significance of Gettysburg itself.Spring 2008(Register of the Kentucky Historical Society) [T]his is a superb collection of essays by an outstanding scholar reflecting on America's obsession with the battle of Gettysburg and 'perfect heroes.'Vol. 76, No. 3(The Journal of Southern History)

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Lee's Old War Horse2. Frank A. Haskell: Tragic Hero of the Union3. Becoming Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain4. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain and the American Dream5. Finding William C. Oates6. An Alabamian's Civil War7. Hell in Haymarket8. William C. Oates and the Death of General Farnsworth9. Mr. Lincoln's Victory at Gettysburg10. Lincoln and the Gettysburg Awakening11. Memories of Little Round Top12. Ike and Monty Take Gettysburg13. The Many Meanings of Gettysburg14. Feeling the Past at GettysburgNotesIndex