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George Edward Pickett. Below is
an interesting selection of George Pickett books. Books about Pickett's life
before, during and after the Civil War. These links will re-direct you to our
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Lee vs. Pickett - Two Divided by War
Robert E. Lee and George E.
Pickett had a lot in common. They shared a military education, a Virginia
birthright, even a middle name. Both graduated from West Point (one first,
the other last in his class) and Southerners remember both fondly, but few
realize that great animosity existed between these two icons of the
Confederacy. Here is an exploration of the complicated and contentious
relationship between these men and their images through history.
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General George E. Pickett
in Life & Legend
The man who gave his name to
the greatest failed frontal attack in American military history, George E.
Pickett, today remains imperfectly understood. But this carefully
researched biography moves beyond earlier studies of Pickett. By
investigating the central role played by his wife LaSalle in controlling
his historical image, it illuminates Pickett's legend as well as his life.
288 pgs., 6"x 9¼"
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Pickett's Charge in
History & Memory
Over the years, soldiers,
journalists, politicians, artists and educators, Northerners and
Southerners alike, shaped, revised, and even sacrificed the "history" of
Pickett's Charge to create "memories" that met ever-shifting needs and
deeply felt values. The author shows that the story of Pickett's Charge
told today is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of
that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our
nation's past. 296 pgs., 23 illustrations, 6"x 9¼"
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Pickett -
A Biography of General George E. Pickett, C.S.A.
This biography
of one of the Civil War's most celebrated commanders re-examines a century
of myth making about George Pickett. It reveals a complex personality and
explores contradictory behavior such as his willingness to risk his life
on many fields while also refusing to accompany his troops into the jaws
of death at Gettysburg. Also contains numerous Pickett letters published
here for the first time. 256 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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Pickett's Charge - Eyewitness Accounts
This book is about the Civil
War's most legendary encounter, told in the words of participants from
generals to privates, with many previously unpublished accounts. 408 pgs.,
17 fold-out maps, 11"x 17"
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Nothing
But Glory - Pickett's Division at Gettysburg.
An excellent reference
guide to Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg, this book provides an extensive
description of the charge along with many other significant details that
have been painstakingly researched by the Gettysburg park historian of 25
years. 178 pgs., 6"x 9", sfbd.
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Pickett's
Charge - The Last Attack at Gettysburg.
In this book, the author sweeps
away the accumulated myths about Pickett's Charge to provide the definitive
history of the engagement. Drawing on exhaustive research, especially in
unpublished personal accounts, he creates a moving narrative of the attack
from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning,
execution, aftermath and legacy. 516 pgs., 38 illustrations and 10 maps, 6"x
9¼", hdbd.
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Pickett's
Charge -
A Microhistory of the Final Attack at Gettysburg July 3, 1863.
Exploring the pivotal hours of the climactic Gettysburg battle, this
narrative covers the events preceding the charge, the battle itself, and the
damage left in its wake. It tells the story "…as if it had never been told
before…with so admirable an objectivity, so easy a command of its enormous
literature…that in spite of ourselves, we sit breathless to the end. A
splendid and stirring book." - The New Yorker. 384 pages, 5½"x 8¼", softcover.
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The Heart
of a Soldier
Intimate Wartime Letters from General George E. Pickett, C.S.A. to His Wife.
Pickett. Originally published after his death, these tender and moving
letters sent by General Pickett to his wife during the Civil War help to
show the sentiment and character of the man most noted for commanding the
failed charge at Gettysburg. Includes several letters regarding the
Gettysburg campaign. 215 pages, 6"x9", 9 B&W Illustrations, softcover.
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