Assessing the myths and facts surrounding Pickett's charge, Carol Reardon explores why this event endures so strongly in the American imagination. She demonstrates that the story told today of the charge is really an amalgam of history and memory and that the evolution of that mix has much to tell about how the past of the USA can be understood.

Carol Reardon was the winner of the 1998 Forrest C. Pogue Prize, Eisenhower Center for American Studies and the winner of the 1998 Philip S. Klein Prize, Pennsylvania Historical Association.

About the Author
Carol Reardon is associate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University.

Reviews
"A fresh look at the disastrous assault." - New Yorker; "A splendidly lively study of the manipulation, not necessarily deliberate or malign, of public opinion." - Atlantic Monthly; "Exceptionally lucid.... This fine book provides vivid evidence of just how far we will go to alchemize fantasy into fact." - Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post; "Pickett's Charge in History and Memory utilizes first-rate scholarship to tell a fascinating story.... Should win a wide audience among general readers." - Civil War History



Book Information
ISBN 9780807854617
Author Carol Reardon
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press
Weight(grams) 439g