| Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb?: A Tour of Presidential Gravesites Contributor(s): Lamb, Brian (Other), C-Span (Author) |
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ISBN: 1586488694 ISBN-13: 9781586488697 Publisher: PublicAffairs OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Travel | United States - General - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State |
| Dewey: 973.099 |
| Physical Information: 0.84" H x 6.18" W x 9.2" (0.95 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Some presidents have been larger than life but none of them have been larger than death. Brian Lamb has visited the gravesites of every American president, living and dead, in order to put together this book, with assistance from the staff of C-SPAN. Heavily illustrated and with contributions from historians Richard Norton Smith and Douglas Brinkley, Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? is about the presidents' lives as much as it is about their final resting places. The book's collection of the presidents' last words, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's I have a terrific headache to John Adams's Thomas Jefferson still survives offers a poignant and sometimes humorous look at the last moments of the great men. This is a great way to encounter the presidents, from the great ones to the near-forgottens. Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? belongs in the glove box of every traveler and the bedside table of every fan of the American presidency and American history. |
