George Washington's Hair : How Early Americans Remembered the Founders /

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"This book examines how physical relics, such as locks of George Washington's hair, figured into the construction of popular memory in the early United States"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Beutler, Keith, 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Founding Fathers of the United States > Biography.
Collective memory > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Societies, etc.
United States > Biography > History and criticism.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Antiquities.
United States > History > 1783-1865 > Historiography.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The taxidermist
  • The historical societies
  • The freedman
  • The evangelical
  • The schoolmistress
  • Epilogue: The continuing career of Washington's tresses.

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