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U.S. Grant [[electronic resource] ] : American hero, American myth / / Joan Waugh



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Autore: Waugh Joan Visualizza persona
Titolo: U.S. Grant [[electronic resource] ] : American hero, American myth / / Joan Waugh Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (384 p.)
Disciplina: 973.8/2092
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Soggetto topico: Presidents - United States
Generals - United States
Collective memory - United States
Public opinion - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Public opinion
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: At 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 of
Titolo autorizzato: U.S. Grant  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4696-0510-4
0-8078-9871-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910458287403321
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Serie: Civil War America.