Thomas R. Flagel . . . blazes a path of his own, presenting a refreshingly bold and wholly original interpretation of the fiftieth anniversary reunion in Gettysburg. Reaching beneath the reunion’s public face and its cloying, oft-quoted speeches, Flagel’s book provides the first real, 'bottom up' account of what the reunion actually looked and felt like for the veterans themselves, from the moment they departed their hometowns on Gettysburg-bound trains until their return. Here is the sense of anticipation as crowded locomotives lurched toward south-central Pennsylvania; the clatter of vendors hawking souvenirs; the remorseless heat; the layout of the sprawling Tent City; and the attendees’ urgent 'need to find' and make sense of the past. To convey all of this, Flagel mines a rich array of source material, but he pays special attention to four veterans—two federal and two rebel—who made the trip to Gettysburg. This gem of a book has managed to say something truly new about Gettysburg and memory.”—The Civil War Book Review
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BN ID: | 2940177528939 |
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Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Publication date: | 07/14/2020 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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