Not Even Past
Not Even Past The American Civil War lives on in our collective imagination like few other events. Often remembered as an emancipatory struggle, as an attempt to destroy slavery in America now and…
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Not Even Past
The American Civil War lives on in our collective imagination like few other events. Often remembered as an emancipatory struggle, as an attempt to destroy slavery in America now and forever, it is also memorialized as a fight for Southern independence; as a fratricide that divided the national family; and as a dark, cruel conflict defined by its brutality. The story of the war has been retold in countless films, novels, poems, memoirs, plays, sculptures, and monuments.
Marrs addresses an eclectic range of texts, traditions, and creators, from Walt Whitman, Abram Ryan, and Abraham Lincoln to Margaret Mitchell, D. W. What do these stories, myths, and rumors have in common, and what do they teach us about modern America?In this fascinating book, Cody Marrs reveals how these narratives evolved over time and why they acquired such lasting power. Griffith, and W. E. B. Du Bois. He