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George Washington's Hair How Early Americans Remembered the Founders / Keith Beutler.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beutler, Keith, 1968- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Founding Fathers of the United States--Biography.
- Founding Fathers of the United States.
- Collective memory--United States--History--19th century.
- Collective memory.
- United States--History--Societies, etc.
- United States.
- United States--Biography--History and criticism.
- United States--History--1783-1865--Antiquities.
- United States--History--1783-1865--Historiography.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2021.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- The taxidermist
- The historical societies
- The freedman
- The evangelical
- The schoolmistress
- Epilogue: The continuing career of Washington's tresses.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780813946511
- 0813946514
- OCLC:
- 1249714674
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