Dead presidents : an American adventure into the strange deaths and surprising afterlives of our nation's leaders
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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Franklin Ave. Library - Nonfiction - Adult
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Published
New York : W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xii, 324 pages : black and white illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
In Dead Presidents, NPR host Brady Carlson takes readers to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials to tell the death stories of our greatest leaders. Mixing biography and travelogue, Carlson explores whether William Henry Harrison really died of a cold, why Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed 140 years after his death, and how what killed James A. Garfield wasn't an assassin's bullet. He tells the surprising stories of the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, and Grant's Tomb. And he explains why "Hooverball" is still played in Iowa, why Millard Fillmore's final resting place is beside that of funk legend Rick James, and why Ohio and Alaska continue to battle over the name of Mt. McKinley. With an eye for neglected places and offbeat people reminiscent of Tony Horwitz and Sarah Vowell, Carlson shows that the ways we memorialize our presidents reveal as much about us as about the men themselves.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carlson, B. (2016). Dead presidents: an American adventure into the strange deaths and surprising afterlives of our nation's leaders . W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carlson, Brady. 2016. Dead Presidents: An American Adventure Into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders. W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carlson, Brady. Dead Presidents: An American Adventure Into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carlson, Brady. Dead Presidents: An American Adventure Into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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