Pickett's charge in history and memory
By: Carol Reardon.
Series: Civil War America
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Pickett, George E. 1825-1875.; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 -- Historiography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-274) and index.