{"product_id":"hope-glory-essays-on-the-legacy-of-the-fiftyfourth-massachusetts-regiment-9781558492776","title":"Hope \u0026 Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe monument by Augustus Saint-Gaudens to Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment  located on Boston Common  stands at a symbolic crossroads of American history. A reminder of the nations ongoing struggle over race  it captures the Civil Wars higher purpose -- the end of slavery -- and memorializes those black soldiers and white officers who made common cause in the service of freedom. The monument and the saga of the 54 th Massachusetts remain powerful touchstones  inspiring enduring meditations such as Robert Lowells poem \"For the Union Dead\" and the popular film Glory. This volume brings together the best scholarship on the history of the 54th  the formation of collective memory and identity  and the ways Americans have responded to the story of the regiment and the Saint-Gaudens monument. Contributors use the historical record and popular remembrance of the 54 th as a lens for examining race and community in the United States. The essays range in time from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and encompass history  literature  art  music  and popular culture. In addition to the editors and Colin Powell  who writes about the memory and example of the 54th in his own career  contributors include Stephen Belyea  David W. Blight  Thomas Cripps  Kathryn Greenthal  James Oliver Horton  Edwin S. Redkey  Marilyn Richardson  Kirk Savage  James Smethurst  Cathy Stanton  Helen Vendler  Denise Von Glahn  and Joan Waugh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651940671541,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558492771","price":178.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558492776.jpg?v=1781846449","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/hope-glory-essays-on-the-legacy-of-the-fiftyfourth-massachusetts-regiment-9781558492776","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}