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The Birth of a Nation

how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War

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An edition of The Birth of a Nation (2014)

The Birth of a Nation

how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War

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PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Language
English
Pages
343

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Subjects

Motion pictures and the war, Race relations, Birth of a nation (Motion picture), History, Birth of a nation (Motion picture : 1915), Criticism and interpretation, Griffith, d. w. (david wark), 1875-1948, Trotter, william monroe, 1872-1934, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, motion pictures and the war, United states, race relations

People

William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934), D. W. Griffith (1875-1948)

Places

United States

Times

Civil War, 1861-1865, 20th century

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Cover of: Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War
2014, PublicAffairs
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation: How a Legendary Filmmaker and a Crusading Editor Reignited America's Civil War
2014, PublicAffairs
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation: how a legendary filmmaker and a crusading editor reignited America's Civil War
2014, PublicAffairs, a member of the Perseus Books Group
in English - First edition.
Libraries near you: WorldCat

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Table of Contents

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.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.800973
Library of Congress
E656 .L44 2014, E656.L44 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 343 pages
Number of pages
343

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26886878M
Internet Archive
birthofnationhow0000lehr
ISBN 10
1586489879
ISBN 13
9781586489878
LCCN
2014029679
OCLC/WorldCat
889005723

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