How Long to Read Ghosts of the Confederacy

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghosts of the Confederacy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Ghosts of the Confederacy by Gaines M. Foster

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

After Lee and Grant met at Appomatox Court House in 1865 to sign the document ending the long and bloody Civil War, the South at last had to face defeat as the dream of a Confederate nation melted into the Lost Cause. Through an examination of memoirs, personal papers, and postwar Confederate rituals such as memorial day observances, monument unveilings, and veterans' reunions, Ghosts of the Confederacy probes into how white southerners adjusted to and interpreted their defeat and explores the cultural implications of a central event in American history. Foster argues that, contrary to southern folklore, southerners actually accepted their loss, rapidly embraced both reunion and a New South, and helped to foster sectional reconciliation and an emerging social order. He traces southerners' fascination with the Lost Cause--showing that it was rooted as much in social tensions resulting from rapid change as it was in the legacy of defeat--and demonstrates that the public celebration of the war helped to make the South a deferential and conservative society. Although the ghosts of the Confederacy still haunted the New South, Foster concludes that they did little to shape behavior in it--white southerners, in celebrating the war, ultimately trivialized its memory, reduced its cultural power, and failed to derive any special wisdom from defeat.

How long is Ghosts of the Confederacy?

Ghosts of the Confederacy by Gaines M. Foster is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ghosts of the Confederacy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Ghosts of the Confederacy aloud.

What Reading Level is Ghosts of the Confederacy?

Ghosts of the Confederacy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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