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George Washington's Hair How Early Americans Remembered the Founders / Keith Beutler.

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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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