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The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War
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The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War / Dick Lehr.
ISBN
9781586489878 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1586489879 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781586489885 (e-book)
Edition
First edition.
Publication
New York : PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
Physical Description
xvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 25, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: Jan 2, 1915
Part I. Fathers and sons
The legacy
Fathers and sons: the Trotters
Fathers and sons: the Griffiths
The awakening: 1896-1903
Character work: 1896-1907
Part II. Finding their voices
Trotterism: 1903-1908
The apprenticeship: 1908-1913
Fame rising, falling, circa 1913
Part II. A Birth of a Nation
1914
The Wilson White House
Trotter rides the rails
Part IV. 1915
Curley's our man, or not?
Bringing down the house
"We'll hang Tom Dixon"
Part V. Victory & defeat
Victory at hand
The curtain falls
Epilogue.
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