Sealed with Blood : : War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America / / Sarah J. Purcell.
The first martyr to the cause of American liberty was Major General Joseph Warren, a well-known political orator, physician, and president of the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts. Shot in the face at close range at Bunker Hill, Warren was at once transformed into a national hero, with his story...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package American History |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2010] ©2002 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 15 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction: Public Memory and the Revolutionary War
- 1. "Blood-Bought Fame": National Identity and Commemoration During the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781
- 2. "Gratitude Shall Be Written on Our Hearts": The Nation and Military Gratitude, 1781-1789
- 3. "Republican Emblems" and "Popular Devices": Heroes and Their Audiences in an Age of Party Conflict, 1790-1800
- 4. National Crisis and Destabilized Memory, 1801-1819
- 5. The Return of Lafayette: Memory and the National Future, 1820-1825
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments