Gettysburg - Stories of Memory, Grief, and Greatness

About the author

Elsie Singmaster

was born in Pennsylvania in 1879, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Radcliffe, and died in Gettysburg in 1958. During her 40-year writing career, she published hundreds of short stories and 38 books, most notably Basil Everman (1921) and Bennett Malin (1922).

Lesley J. Gordon

is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron and author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend.

Summary

This text presents a group of related fictional characters whose stories illuminate various facets of the bloodiest engagement of the American Civil War. Ranging from the first day of the battle until after the turn of the 20th century, the stories expose bravery, loyalty, memory and loss.

Product details

• Authors: Elsie Singmaster, Elsie/ Gordon Singmaster
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.02.2003
• EAN: 9780817312794
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-1279-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Classics of Civil War Fiction; Classics of Civil War Fiction; Classics Civil War Fiction
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature