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James Tanner may be the most famous person in nineteenth-century America that no one has heard of. During his service in the Union army, he lost the lower third of both his legs and afterward had to reinvent himself. After a brush with fame as the stenographer taking down testimony a few feet away f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marten, James Alan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tanner, James, > 1844-1927.
United States. > Army. > New York Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1862)
Veterans.
Soldiers.
Disabled veterans.
Amputees.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Social Scientists & Psychologists.
Anciens combattants > États-Unis > Biographies.
Amputes > États-Unis > Biographies.
Invalides de guerre > États-Unis > Biographies.
Veterans > United States > Biography.
Amputees > United States > Biography.
Disabled veterans > United States > Biography.
Soldiers > New York (State) > Schoharie County > Biography.
United States.
New York (State) > Schoharie County.
New York (State) > Cobleskill.
New York (State)
New York (État) > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Biographies.
Cobleskill (N.Y.) > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
New York (State) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:James Tanner may be the most famous person in nineteenth-century America that no one has heard of. During his service in the Union army, he lost the lower third of both his legs and afterward had to reinvent himself. After a brush with fame as the stenographer taking down testimony a few feet away from the dying President Abraham Lincoln in April 1865, Tanner eventually became one of the best-known men in Gilded Age America. He was a highly placed Republican operative, a popular Grand Army of the Republic speaker, an entrepreneur, and a celebrity. He earned fame and at least temporary fortune.
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780820343228

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