Baptized in Blood
Baptized in Blood

Author: Charles Reagan Wilson

Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published: 2011-03-15

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 0820340723

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Southerners may have abandoned their dream of a political nation after Appomattox, but they preserved their cultural identity by blending Christian rhetoric and symbols with the rhetoric and imagery of Confederate tradition. Out of defeat emerged a civil religion that embodied the Lost Cause. As Charles Reagan Wilson writes in his new preface, "The Lost Cause version of the regional civil religion was a powerful expression, and recent scholarship affirms its continuing power in the minds of many white southerners."

Red Clay to Richmond
Red Clay to Richmond

Author: John J. Fox

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 502

ISBN-13:

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This is a complete Civil War history of a Georgia regiment fighting in Lee's army of northern Virginia from 1861 until 1865. It includes many previously unpublished accounts and photographs that reveal the fighting and daily camp struggles of more than 1,300 Georgians who served. Also included are maps, photos, and a soldiers' roster.

Encyclopedia of American Humorists
Encyclopedia of American Humorists

Author: Steven H. Gale

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-14

Total Pages: 578

ISBN-13: 1317362276

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First published in 1988, this book contains entries on famous American Humorists. Humor has been present in American literature, from the beginning, and has developed characteristics that reflect the American character, both regional and national. Although American literature was, in the past, treated as inferior to British literature, there has always been a large popular audience for the genre, which this book shows. The figures with entries in this encyclopedia not only amuse in their writing, but also aim to enlighten- setting out to expose the foibles and foolishness of society and the individuals who compose it. It is the manner in which these authors try to accomplish this end that determines whether they appear in the volume. Indeed, the book will demonstrate that the best humor has at its base, a ready understanding of human nature.