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Imperfect Union: A Father's Search for His Son in the Aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg
Contributor(s): Raasch, Chuck (Author), Kramer, Michael (Read by)
ISBN: 1441703292     ISBN-13: 9781441703293
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: MP3 CD - Other Formats
Published: October 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- History | Military - United States
- Biography & Autobiography | Military
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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Publisher Description:
On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, Union artillery lieutenant Bayard Wilkeson fell while bravely spurring his men to action. His father, Sam, a New York Times correspondent, was already on his way to Gettysburg when he learned of his son's wounding but had to wait until the guns went silent before seeking out his son, who had died at the town's poorhouse. Sitting next to his dead boy, Sam Wilkeson then wrote one of the greatest battlefield dispatches in American history.This vivid exploration of one of Gettysburg's most famous stories--the story of a father and a son, the son's courage under fire, and the father's search for his son in the bloody aftermath of battle--reconstructs Bayard Wilkeson's wounding and death, which have been shrouded in myth and legend, and sheds light on Civil War-era journalism, battlefield medicine, and the "good death."

Contributor Bio(s): Raasch, Chuck: -

Chuck Raasch is the chief Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was one of the five original long-form writers for USA Today when it began in 1982 and a national correspondent for Gannett News Service for twenty-five years. A graduate of South Dakota State University, he completed a journalism fellowship at Stanford and is a member of the National Press Club and the Gridiron Club.

Kramer, Michael: -

Michael Kramer has narrated many audiobooks over the last twenty years; his favorite authors include Donald E. Westlake, Thomas Perry, and Robert Jordan. He has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards for his work. He lives in the DC area, where he also works in theater as an actor and director.