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

Author: Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-

Imprint:Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, c2003.

Descriptionxxii, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note: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.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-232) and index.



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Desjardin, Thomas A., 1964-
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Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
National characteristics, American.
Memory -- Social aspects -- United States.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.