Fiction as Fact: Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory - Hardcover
In 1863 Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson led a cavalry expedition the General Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union Army made its way toward Vicksburg. This is a thorough examination of this expedition.
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- PublisherThe Kent State University Press
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 087338685X
- ISBN 13 9780873386852
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages179
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Fiction as Fact the Horse Soldiers and Popular Memory
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Clean, tight, square and bright first edition bound in green cloth with gilt title on spine. Printer's stamp on front endpaper and numerals written on front pastedown, otherwise fine. Dust jacket is unclipped, protected in removable mylar, with very faint wear at head of spine, otherwise fine. In 1863 Col. Benjamin Grierson led a Union cavalry expedition the length of the Mississippi, destroying rail lines, supply depots, and Confederate communications. York examines this military action through three genres: Dee Brown's 1954 history "Grierson's Raid;" Harold Sinclair's 1956 novel "The Horse Soldiers;" and John Ford's 1959 film "The Horse Soldiers." Study of how truths are often omitted, fragmented, and altered. 179 pages includes index, bibliographic essay, notes, B&W illustrations. Seller Inventory # 2080138986
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Book Description Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 179pp. Green cloth hardback, DJ VG, index, chapter notes, bibliographic essay, b&w photos and illustrations, map, "In 1863 Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson led a cavalry expedition the General Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union Army made its way toward Vicksburg. This is a thorough examination of this expedition", Seller Inventory # w170923968
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. 18 illustrations; How a famous American Civil War feat was portrayed in two books and a film; Hardback: green cloth lettered in gilt on spine; Top board somewhat splayed, near fine in dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 5834
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ISBN 13: 9780873386852
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Book Description Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st edition. Uncommon. Green cloth. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust jacket in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Civil War Era; ISBN: 087338685x. ISBN/EAN: 9780873386852. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 4073. Seller Inventory # 4073
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