Gone with the Glory: The Civil War in Cinema
Book Details
Author(s)
Wills, Brian Steel
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN / ASIN
0742545261
ISBN-13
9780742545267
Availability
In Stock.
Sales Rank
#2,864,691
Category
History
Marketplace
United States 🇺🇸
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Description
From Birth of a Nation to Cold Mountain, hundreds of directors, actors, and screenwriters have used the Civil War to create compelling cinema. However, each generation of moviemakers has resolved the tug of war between entertainment value and historical accuracy differently. Historian Brian Steel Wills takes readers on a journey through the portrayal of the war in film, exploring what Hollywood got right and wrong, how the films influenced each other, and, ultimately, how the movies reflect America's changing understandings of the conflict and of the nation.
