Theodore O'Hara: Poet Soldier of Old South

by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr.

Book Overview

On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
--from "The Bivouac of the Dead" by Theodore O'Hara

One of the most quoted poets in American history is also one of the least known. Key lines from Theodore O'Hara's "The Bivouac of the Dead" can be found in cemeteries and on monuments throughout the country, especially the South, and as far away...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572330082
• ISBN13: 9781572330085
• Release Date: May 1998
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"