Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) gwinn Follow in the footsteps of

Follow in the footsteps of a news correspondent who came to the town of Gettysburg to visit a friend

a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War

Young Reader: Grade Level 1-5

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Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (David W. Blight - CH) gwinn Follow in the footsteps ofby David W. Blight Winner of the Bancroft Prize Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize Winner of the Merle Curti award Winner of the Frederick Douglass Prize No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race