Fiction as Fact: "The Horse Soldiers" and Popular Memory

Fiction as Fact: "The Horse Soldiers" and Popular Memory
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Colonel Benjamin Henry Grierson led a cavalry expedition that General Ulysses S. Grant hoped would distract Confederate forces while the Union Army made its move toward Vicksburg. In the spring of 1863, setting out from LaGrange, Tennessee, Grierson took a column of Yankee troopers south the length of Mississippi, destroying rail lines and rolling stock, torching supply depots, and disrupting Confederate communications. Fiction as Fact: â€œThe Horse Soldiersâ€ and Popular Memory is a thorough examination of this famous military action through three genresâ€•Dee Brownâ€™s 1954 historical account, Griersonâ€™s Raid; Harold Sinclairâ€™s 1956 novel The Horse Soldiers; and John Fordâ€™s 1959 film of the same name. Neil Longley York demonstrates how historical â€œtruthsâ€ are often omitted, fragmented, and altered before being assimilated into popular culture and how the events of our past are often molded to fit the constraints of the present.
Country USA
Brand Kent State University Press
Manufacturer The Kent State University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber notes, bibliography, index
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780873386883
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Kent State University Press
Manufacturer	The Kent State University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	notes, bibliography, index
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780873386883
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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