Author:
Nemerov, Alexander.
Imprint:Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Description299 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:"Ahmanson-Murphy fine arts imprint."
Note:Introduction: a drop that dyes the seas -- A stone's throw : Charlotte Cushman -- The flame of place : Abraham Lincoln -- The glass case : interior life in Washington, D.C. -- Acoustic shadows : the Battle of Bristoe Station -- Center of echoes : Castle Murray, Fauquier County, Virginia -- Ghosts : the death of Colonel Thomas Ruffin, October 17, 1863 -- Sound and fury : nature in Virginia.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-283) and index.
