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Gettysburg: Stories of Memory, Grief, and Greatness (Classics Civil War Fiction)
Elsie Singmaster
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Description for Gettysburg: Stories of Memory, Grief, and Greatness (Classics Civil War Fiction)
Paperback. This text presents a group of related fictional characters whose stories illuminate various facets of the bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War. Ranging from the first day of the battle until after the turn of the 20th century, the stories expose bravery, loyalty, memory and loss. Series: Classics of Civil War Fiction. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; FA; FJM; FYB; HBJK; HBLL; JWLF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Gettysburg presents a group of related fictional characters whose stories illuminate various facets of the bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War. Ranging from the first day of the battle until after the turn of the 20th century, the stories explore bravery, loyalty, memory, and loss. They expose the wastefulness of war and its long-lasting effects, not only for the soldiers who struggled on the frontlines but also for the women who tended them, the children who were neglected in the upheaval, and other citizens and family members confined to the home front. Two residents of the town of Gettysburg ... Read more
Gettysburg presents a group of related fictional characters whose stories illuminate various facets of the bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War. Ranging from the first day of the battle until after the turn of the 20th century, the stories explore bravery, loyalty, memory, and loss. They expose the wastefulness of war and its long-lasting effects, not only for the soldiers who struggled on the frontlines but also for the women who tended them, the children who were neglected in the upheaval, and other citizens and family members confined to the home front. Two residents of the town of Gettysburg ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Series
Classics of Civil War Fiction
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817312794
SKU
V9780817312794
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Ref
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About Elsie Singmaster
Elsie Singmaster was born in Pennsylvania in 1879, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe, and died in Gettysburg in 1958. During her 40-year writing career, she published hundreds of short stories and 38 books, most notably Basil Everman (1921) and Bennett Malin (1922), Lesley J. Gordon is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron and author of General ... Read more
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