GDG- Top ten focus

[Jim Ferguson]

I personally have a hard time reading stories or correspondence involving
individuals or specific incidents, micro incidents if you will, because I
have the feeling that it may or may not represent any thing more than an
individual's perceived view. I realize that after reading many of them, if
available, one can develop and educated opinion. Perhaps some here remember
the "8 million stories and this is one of them" out of Dragnet. 

On the other hand, books like Jim Weeks' "Gettysburg - Memory, Market, and
an American Shrine" that came out three or four years ago, I find
fascinating. The macro-socioeconomic view of what began happening at
Gettysburg even before the battle was over and continues to this day.
Entrepreneurship some might say, others are not that kind.

Agreed that it would not provide the fine texture of individual stories.

Jim 

-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com [mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com]
On Behalf Of Tom Ryan
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:47 PM
To: GDG
Subject: RE: GDG- Top ten focus

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


<<An excellent point.  I would also add that to study the campaign with out
studying the social issues that surround the battle and were left in the
wake of the battle  make it an academic exercise well.

How about  a count of the number of books that we all own that  deal solely
with the soci0-cultural aspect of the battle?  I am away from my
collection, but I would suspect I have less than a dozen on that (probably
30 or 40 general works).  Certainly the books on the citizens of
Gettysburg, or the hospitals at Gettysburg, or analyzing Lincoln at
Gettysburg would fit into that category.  Tom Desjarden's book  analyzing
the effect of Gettysburg in American Memory would fit the bill as well.>>


Can only count seven that specifically relate to social issues at
Gettysburg.  Can you recommend five or ten of the best in this area?  Would
like to add some to the collection.

Tom

 
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