Format:
Online-Ressource (xv, 190 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0253340810
Content:
In his latest book, Kent Gramm examines the meaning of the Civil War experience in our lives and explores philosophical and personal aspects of the War that lie outside the scope of traditional historical study. He probes the meaning of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Antietam; the lives of U. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, O. O. Howard, and Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce; and the legacy of the unknown participant, "somebody's darling," for whom the war would come to encompass all things. The Iron Brigade appear
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Contents; Introduction: What Was It Like?; The Gettysburg Nobody Knows; Somebody's Darling; Ghosts of Gettysburg; A Ghost Story; The American Iliad; The Song of God; Wilderness; The Real War; Nothing but Omnipotence ''; A Soldier's Grave; A Soldier's Bones; Face-to-Face; Witnesses; ...You Cannot Refine It.''; The Road to Gettysburg; Epilogue: Les Terribles; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780253340818
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Somebody's Darling : Essays on the Civil War
Language:
English
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