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The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary director and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War

Title
  1. The Birth of a Nation : how a legendary director and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War / Dick Lehr.
Published by
  1. New York : PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2014]
  2. ©2014
Author
  1. Lehr, Dick

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Description
  1. xvi, 343 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  1. Griffith, D. W. 1875-1948
  2. Trotter, William Monroe, 1872-1934
  3. Birth of a nation (Motion picture)
  4. United States > Motion pictures and the war. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  5. United States > History > 20th century
Contents
  1. 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.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.