Bibliograph

Grant's Tomb, the epic death of Ulysses S. Grant and the making of an American pantheon, Louis L. Picone

Type

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Grant's Tomb, the epic death of Ulysses S. Grant and the making of an American pantheon, Louis L. Picone

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-304) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Grant's Tomb

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1230146507

Responsibility statement

Louis L. Picone

Sub title

the epic death of Ulysses S. Grant and the making of an American pantheon

Summary

" ... [N]arrates the national response to Grant's passing and how his tomb came to be: the intense competition to be the resting place for Grant's remains, the origins of the memorial and its design, the struggle to finance and build it over the course of twelve years, and the vicissitudes of its afterlife in the history of the nation up to recent times."--Inside jacket flap

Table Of Contents

General Grant is doomed -- It is all over -- Mother takes Riverside -- A colossal and memorable demonstration -- A sacred duty -- An American pantheon -- The humiliating spectacle -- Let us have peace -- Long-range good hands -- We have fights here too -- If the old guy were alive, he might have enjoyed it

Target audience

adult

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