The generals' Civil War what their memoirs can teach us today /

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"In this book, Stephen Cushman considers Civil War generals' memoirs as literary works of art and examines how they remain vital to understanding the interaction of memory, imagination, and the writing of American history. Drawing on methods from history and literary studies, Cushman analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cushman, Stephen, 1956- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2021.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
1861-1865
Biography as a literary form.
Generals > United States > Biography > History and criticism.
Biography.
Biographies as Topic
Biographie (Genre littéraire)
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies > Histoire et critique.
Biographies.
biographies (literary works)
biography (general genre)
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Biography as a literary form
Generals > Biography
History of the Americas.
History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Biographies.
United States
Biographies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Why generals?
  • Surrender according to Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman
  • Destruction and reconstruction in Richard Taylor's Happy Valley
  • Ulysses S. Grant and the achievement of simplicity
  • George B. McClellan's many turnings
  • The merit of Philip H. Sheridan's memoir campaign
  • Coda: Mark Twain and the Mississippi of memory.

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