Entertaining History - 9780809337576

Entertaining HistoryThe Civil War in Literature, Film, and Song\nAuthor(s): Chris Mackowski\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Southern Illinois University Press, United States\nImprint: Southern Illinois University Press\nISBN-13: 9780809337576, 978-0809337576\nSynopsis\nPopular media can spark the national consciousness in a way that captures peoples attention, interests them in history, and inspires them to visit battlefields, museums, and historic sites. This lively collection of essays and feature stories celebrates the novels, popular histories, magazines, movies, television shows, photography, and songs that have enticed Americans to learn more about our most dramatic historical era.\n\nFrom Ulysses S. Grants Memoirs to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, from Roots to Ken Burnss The Civil War, from Dixie to Ashokan Farewell, and from Civil War photography to the Gettysburg Cyclorama, trendy and well-loved depictions of the Civil War are the subjects of twenty contributors who tell h.