Descripción del título
Five Forks : Waterloo of th...
The Battle of Five Forks was one of the the last battles of the American Civil War. A week later, Lee surrendered. Two weeks later, Lincoln was dead. In this meditation on that battle, Alexander juxtaposes the story of the battle, which he tells through narrative, letters, and journal entries, with his own impressions, viewing the South through Northern eyes. In addition, he views contemporary American society through the story of the Civil War and specifically through the story of Five Forks. If it is true that we meet our past coming to us out of the future, then, Alexander posits, Ameri
Monografía
monografia Rebiun38437237 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun38437237 m o d cr#-n--------- 021105s2003 miu o 00 0 eng d 2002153206 1-60917-455-0 MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP eng n-us-va n-us--- 813/.54 Alexander, Robert Robert E.),) 1949-2023) Five Forks Waterloo of the Confederacy Robert Alexander 1st ed East Lansing Michigan State University Press [2003] East Lansing East Lansing Michigan State University Press 2003 1 online resource (173 p.) 1 online resource (173 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-155) Contents; Preface; 1: Springtime in Virginia; 2: A Cocked Hat; 3: The Fighting Has Just Begun; 4: Five Forks; 5: Calhoun's Monument; Notes; Sources; Acknowledgments The Battle of Five Forks was one of the the last battles of the American Civil War. A week later, Lee surrendered. Two weeks later, Lincoln was dead. In this meditation on that battle, Alexander juxtaposes the story of the battle, which he tells through narrative, letters, and journal entries, with his own impressions, viewing the South through Northern eyes. In addition, he views contemporary American society through the story of the Civil War and specifically through the story of Five Forks. If it is true that we meet our past coming to us out of the future, then, Alexander posits, Ameri English Five Forks, Battle of, Va., 1865- Fiction United States- History- Civil War, 1861-1865- Fiction War stories Historical fiction 0-87013-671-2