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Dead last : the public memory of Warren G. Harding's scandalous legacy / Phillip G. Payne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Payne, Phillip G.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923.
- Harding, Warren G.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Ethics.
- Harding, Warren G. (Warren Gamaliel), 1865-1923--Historiography.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Political corruption--United States--History--20th century.
- Political corruption.
- United States--Politics and government--1921-1923.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : Ohio University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 'Dead Last', Payne explores how Harding's name became synonymous with corruption, cronyism, and incompetence and how it is used to this day as an example of what a president should not be.
- Contents:
- Questions asked
- The president's hometown
- Commemorating the tragedy of Warren Harding
- My damned biographers
- The shadow of William Estabrook Chancellor
- He-harlot
- Harding Alley
- Dead last.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4289-9
- OCLC:
- 471133663
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