The Mosby Myth - A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) was only one of a number of heroes to emerge during the Civil War, yet he holds a singular place in the American imagination. He is the irrepressible rebel with a cause, the horseman who emerges from th

List of contents

Part 1 I Satyr's Child Chapter 2 Phantoms of the Past Chapter 3 The Name on the Wall Chapter 4 Smoke and Shadows Part 5 II Mythmakers Chapter 6 The Idea of a Myth Chapter 7 Bohemian Fables: Mosby in the Press Chapter 8 Mosby in Popular LIterature and Biography Chapter 9 Mosby on Television and in Popular Art

About the author

By Edward Caudill and Paul Ashdown

Summary

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916) was only one of a number of heroes to emerge during the Civil War, yet he holds a singular place in the American imagination.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Ashdown, Edward Caudill
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9780842029285
• ISBN: 978-0-8420-2928-5
• No. of pages: 231
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 182 mm x 8 mm
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis (Hardcover); American Crisis Series: Books; The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era; American Crisis (Hardcover)
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous