Somebody's darling [[electronic resource] ] : essays on the Civil War / / Kent Gramm

• Autore: Gramm Kent
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7
• Soggetto topico: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects; United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Literature and the war
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Gettysburg nobody knows -- Somebody's darling -- Ghosts of Gettysburg -- A ghost story -- American Iliad -- The song of god -- Wilderness -- The real war -- "nothing but omnipotence" -- A soldier's grave -- A soldier's bones -- Face-to-face -- Witness -- " . . . you cannot refine it" -- The road to Gettysburg.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 a
• Titolo autorizzato: Somebody's darling
• ISBN: 1-282-06294-8; 9786612062940; 0-253-10913-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455023803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II