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Author: Robert M. Poole
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Imprint: Walker & Co
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.366kg
ISBN: 9780802715494
ISBN 10: 0802715494
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 08 November 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Awaiting stock
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Reviews
Vivid, compelling, filled with rich and unexpected detail. Geoffrey C. Ward, author of The Civil War Gripping and often deeply moving, On Hallowed Ground chronicles both the evolution of our national cemetery and the profound ways in which treatment of the war dead reflects a nation's soul. Caroline Alexander, author of The Endurance A memorable combination of historical research, firsthand reporting, and sensitive writing. Ernest B. Furguson, author of Freedom Rising Robert M. Poole not only captures the history of a venerable American institution but with it the politics of commemoration and reconciliation. Paul Dickson, coauthor of The Bonus Army Robert Poole has coupled superb storytelling with meticulous research and produced a gem. Robert Timberg, author of The Nightingale's Song
<p>“Poole’s book tells the stories of many of those buried in 70 sections across these rolling hills just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C. On Hallowed Ground is part history lesson, part tourist guide, part mystery novel.”— USA Today <p>“Engaging … Robert Poole is an adroit sketcher of historical events, but even more of character.”— Economist <p>“Gracefully written, often deeply affecting … like the nation itself, Arlington bears the scars of its history, as Robert Poole eloquently shows.”— Washington Post <p>“ On Hallowed Ground is a beautiful portrait of the place where we honor their fallen comrades.”— Bookpage <p>“Graceful and dignified…perhaps more than any other secular site in America, Arlington casts a religious spell. The effect is not accidental…there is ample evidence of sacramental need in the many Arlington rituals that Mr. Poole relates in such movin
Author Information
Robert M. Poole is an editor and writer whose assignments for Smithsonian and National Geographic have taken him around the world. He is the author of Explorers House:National Georgraphic and the World It Made, and is a contributing editor at Smithsonian. Poole has been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, and Preservation.
