U. S. Grant American Hero, American Myth

Name: U. S. Grant American Hero, American Myth
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ISBN: 9781469609904

ISBN-10: 1469609908

ISBN-13: 9781469609904

Edition: 2013

Authors: Joan Waugh

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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. Using a wide range of written and visual sources--newspaper articles, private and public reminiscences, photographs, paintings,…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 8/1/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Joan Waugh is associate professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, and author of Unsentimental Reformer: The Life of Josephine Shaw Lowell.