03000nam 2200685Ia 450 991079113910332120200520144314.01-4696-0510-40-8078-9871-6(CKB)2560000000007898(EBL)475213(OCoLC)500630875(SSID)ssj0000344003(PQKBManifestationID)11264505(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000344003(PQKBWorkID)10292002(PQKB)10172518(OCoLC)966765091(MdBmJHUP)muse48600(Au-PeEL)EBL475213(CaPaEBR)ebr10351515(CaONFJC)MIL929605(MiAaPQ)EBC475213(EXLCZ)99256000000000789820090501d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrU.S. Grant[electronic resource] American hero, American myth /Joan WaughChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (384 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-0990-8 0-8078-3317-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Introduction; ONE: Youth; TWO: The Magnanimous General; THREE: A Great Soldier Might Be a Baby Politician; INTERLUDE: The Most Famous Living American; FOUR: Historian of the Union Cause; FIVE: Pageantry of Woe: The Funeral of U. S. Grant; SIX: The Nation's Greatest Hero Should Rest in the Nation's Greatest City; EPILOGUE: Who's [Really] Buried in Grant's Tomb?; Notes; Acknowledgments; IndexAt the time of his death, Ulysses S. Grant was the most famous person in America, considered by most citizens to be equal in stature to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Yet today his monuments are rarely visited, his military reputation is overshadowed by that of Robert E. Lee, and his presidency is permanently mired at the bottom of historical rankings.In an insightful blend of biography and cultural history, Joan Waugh traces Grant's shifting national and international reputation, illuminating the role of memory in our understanding of American history. She captures a sense ofCivil War America.PresidentsUnited StatesBiographyGeneralsUnited StatesBiographyCollective memoryUnited StatesPublic opinionUnited StatesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Public opinionPresidentsGeneralsCollective memoryPublic opinion973.8/2092BWaugh Joan1520408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791139103321U.S. Grant3774725UNINA