Pickett's charge in history and memory

In this book, Reardon shows that the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past.

First sentence: Lieutetant Frank A. Haskell, who probably saw and then wrote more about the last great Southern assault on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg than any other eyewitness on that field, begrudgingly admitted that even his own powers of observation had limitations.

Year

1997

Language

English

Publisher

The University of North Carolina Press

Editions

5

Pages

296

ISBN

9780807854617

Data source: Wikidata