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Mourning the presidents : loss and legacy in American culture /

"Mourning the Presidents is the first volume to examine comprehensively the mourning rituals surrounding the passing of U.S. presidents, from George Washington to George Bush Sr. This book offers a detailed and coherent look at the ways in which Americans across four centuries have grappled wit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: White Burkett Miller Center
Otros Autores: Chervinsky, Lindsay M., 1988- (Editor ), Costello, Matthew (Matthew R.) (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Colección:Miller Center studies on the presidency.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • "In a Private Manner, without Parade or Funeral Oration" : The Funeral George Washington Wanted, But Didn't Get / Mary V. Thompson
  • Mourning at Monticello / Andrew M. Davenport
  • Joining in the "Sacred Sentiment of Public Gratitude" at the Death of Old Hickory : Mourning, Partisanship, and Andrew Jackson's Problematic Legacy / Todd Estes
  • The Mixed Legacy of Zachary Taylor : Mourning a Soldier, Losing a President / Camille Davis
  • Unimaginable Catastrophe : The Nation's First Presidential Assassination / Martha Hodes
  • Andrew Johnson's North Carolina Legacy : How a Southern Capital Remembers Its Native Son / Brandon Robinson
  • "The Old Lion Is Dead" : Theodore Roosevelt and the Creation of an American Icon / Matthew R. Costello
  • Farewell to the Chief : Mourning and Memorializing Herbert Hoover / Dean J. Kotlowski
  • "Crushed by the Burdens of War" : The Death and Legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt / David B. Woolner
  • "He Gave His Life for Us" : The Civil Rights Martyrdom of John F. Kennedy / Sharron Wilkins Conrad
  • The Long Goodbye : Mourning and Remembering Ronald Reagan / Chester Pach
  • Mourning the Death of George H. W. Bush / Warren Finch.