CONTENTS
List of Table and Figures
Acknowledgments
Prologue: The Ken Burns Effect by Chris Mackowski
Introduction by Chris Mackowski
Part One. The War of Words: The Civil War in Literature
1. Ambrose Bierce and Stephen Crane: A “First Look” at the Civil War through Fiction by Amelia Ann and Chris Mackowski
2. Interpreting the Man: General Ulysses S. Grant and His Personal Memoirs by Nick Sacco
3. Glory Road: Bruce Catton’s Army of the Potomac Series by Meg Groeling
4. From the Pages to the Park: The Influence of Popular Literature on Andersonville National Historic Site by Chris Barr
5. History Meets Art Meets Television: Shelby Foote and The Civil War by Chris Mackowski
6. “Rejoice. The Civil War Series for All Time”: Remembering Those Silver Books from Time-Life by Meg Groeling
7. James McPherson’s Battle Cry by Ryan Longfellow
8. There’s More to Groom Than Gump: The Civil War Writings of Winston Groom by Richard G. Frederick
9. A Conversation with Jeff Shaara by H. R. Gordon
10. Cold Mountain and the Itch of Interest by Paul Ashdown
11. Revisiting Confederates in the Attic: An Interview with Tony Horwitz by H. R. Gordon
12. The Civil War Periodically by Mary Koik
Part Two. Seeing Is Believing: The Civil War on Film
13. The War Laid in Our Dooryards: Civil War Photography by Kevin Pawlak
14. The Gettysburg Cyclorama: Entertainment of the Past, Present, and Future by Chris Brenneman
15. Marching against Dixie: The Creation of Gone with the Wind as an American Icon by Sarah Kay Bierle
16. “The Elephant in the Room”: Slavery in Cinema from Gone with the Wind to 12 Years a Slave by Kevin Pawlak
17. The Civil War in Prime Time: The TV Miniseries Roots, The Blue and the Gray, and North and South by Andrew Brumbaugh
18. The Civil War Trifecta: How Three Films Shaped Our Perceptions of America’s Bloodiest Conflict by Jared Frederick
19. One Giant, Forgotten Leap: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of the H. L. Hunley by Brian Hicks
20. Abraham Lincoln: Freedom Fighter, Vampire Hunter, and Zombie Killer by Ashley Webb
Part Three. For Your Listening Pleasure: The Civil War in Song
21. “Dixie” by Dan Welch
22. “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”: Origins, Influence, Legacies by John Stauffer
23. Bobby Horton and Sam Watkins: All along “The Kennesaw Line” by Chris Mackowski
24. Not from This Century: A Longing Melody from a Modern Time—“Ashokan Farewell” by Dan Welch
25. The Civil War: American Epoch, Nashville Album, and Broadway Musical by Rebecca S. Campana Conclusion by Chris Mackowski
Contributors
Index
