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U.S. Grant : American hero, American myth /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Waugh, Joan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Public opinion.
Grant, Ulysses S. > (Ulysses Simpson), > 1822-1885 > Influence.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Public opinion.
Collective memory > United States.
Public opinion > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The magnanimous general
  • A great soldier might be a baby politician
  • The most famous living American
  • Historian of the union cause
  • Pageantry of woe: the funeral of U.S. Grant
  • The nation's greatest hero should rest in the nation's greatest city
  • Who's [really] buried in Grant's tomb?