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A strange and fearful interest : death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War
- Title
- A strange and fearful interest : death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War / Jennifer A. Watts.
- Author
- Watts, Jennifer A.
- Publication
- San Marino, CA : Huntington Library Press, [2015]
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Details
- Description
- 175 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- "A Strange and Fearful Interest explores how photography and other media were used to describe, to explain, and perhaps to come to terms with the national trauma of the American Civil War. The volume focuses on the Battle of Antietam, not only the bloodiest day in the nation's history but also the first in which photographs of American battlefield dead were made; the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the national mourning that ensued, and the execution of the conspirators; and the establishment of Gettysburg National Monument as part of larger attempts at reconciliation and healing"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Grief > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- Photography > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- War and society > United States > History > 19th century
- Death > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Photography
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects
- Collective memory > United States > History > 19th century
- Gettysburg National Military Park (Pa.) > History
- Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Assassination
- Contents
- Introduction / by Jennifer A. Watts -- Battlefront -- Assassination -- Commemoration.
- Call Number
- JFD 16-3705
- ISBN
- 9780873282659 (alkaline paper)
- 0873282655 (alkaline paper)
- LCCN
- 2014020262
- OCLC
- 893557415
- Author
- Watts, Jennifer A.
- Title
- A strange and fearful interest : death, mourning, and memory in the American Civil War / Jennifer A. Watts.
- Publisher
- San Marino, CA : Huntington Library Press, [2015]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Local Note
- DIST. BY D.A.P. EXHIBITION CATALOG. COLOR PICTORIAL. INCLUDES ESSAYS.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 16-3705