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The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest: No. 16 (The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era) - Hardcover

Ashdown, Paul; Caudill, Edward

 
9780742543003: The Myth of Nathan Bedford Forrest: No. 16 (The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era)

Synopsis

Ashdown and Caudill explain how one of the Civil War's most colourful and controversial characters became a legend during the war and evolved into a mythical figure after the war and into the 21st century through literature, art, cinema, and TV. As Tony Horwitz discovered in "Confederates in the Attic", the legacy of Nathan Bedford Forrest continues to polarize the South even today as a symbol of the Lost Cause and hero to working-class Southerners on one hand, and emblem of slavery and lingering racial tensions on the other.

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About the Author

Paul Ashdown is professor of journalism and public relations and acting director of the School of Journalism and Public Relations at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Edward Caudill is professor of journalism as well as associate dean at the School of Journalism and Public Relations at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Their previous book, The Mosby Myth: A Confederate Hero in Life and Legend was a History Book Club selection.

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