Inventing Stonewall Jackson : A Civil War Hero in History and Memory.
Title:
Inventing Stonewall Jackson : A Civil War Hero in History and Memory.
Author:
Hettle, Wallace.
ISBN:
9780807139370
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Series:
Conflicting Worlds Ser.
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Confederate enigma: stonewall Jackson's image during the civil war -- 2. The minister and the martyr: robert lewis dabney and stonewall Jackson biography -- 3. A romantic'S civil war: john esten cooke, stonewall jackson, and the ideal of individual "genius" -- 4. Domesticating a confederate hero: mary anna jackson's story of stonewall jackson -- 5. Soldiers' stories: stonewall jackson, memoirs, and the lost cause -- 6. Mary johnston and stonewall jackson: a virginia suffragist and the politics of historical fiction -- 7. Symbol of the south: allen tate, stonewall jackson, and the lost cause -- 8. Of gods and generals -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Photo Credits.
Abstract:
Historians' attempts to understand legendary Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson have been uneven at best and often contentious. As an occasionally eccentric and elusive college professor before the Civil War, Jackson died midway through the conflict, leaving behind no memoirs and relatively few surviving letters or documents. In Inventing Stonewall Jackson, Wallace Hettle offers an innovative and distinctive approach to interpreting the famed general by examining the lives and agendas of those authors who shaped our current understanding Stonewall.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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