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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Carlson, Brady.     Subjects     Presidents -- United States -- Death.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Presidents -- United States -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Carlson, Brady.       by title:      Dead presidents : an...       by call number:      973.099 C284d     Search the Web     Carlson, Brady.     Presidents -- United States -- Death.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     Presidents -- United States -- History.       MARC Display

Dead presidents : an American adventure into the strange deaths and surprising afterlives of our nation's leaders / Brady Carlson. by Carlson, Brady. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016. Call #: 973.099 C284d Subjects Presidents -- United States -- Death.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography.   Presidents -- United States -- History. ISBN:  9780393243932 (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-310) and index. Contents:  Monument man -- Well-timed exits -- The first patient -- Farewell, Mr. President -- Death trips -- His good name -- Robots and sphinxes -- Unintended legacies -- Eternal flame -- The rest of the set -- Family reunion. Summary:  "To public radio host Brady Carlson, the dead American presidents (and the ways we remember them) tell us a great deal about ourselves, our history, and how we imagine our past and future. For our presidents, there is life after death - it's just a little weird. Carlson takes readers on an epic trip to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials from sea to shining sea recounting the surprising origin stories of the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, Grant's Tomb, and JFK's Eternal Flame. He explores whether William Henry Harrison really died of a cold, how the assassin's bullet may not have been what killed James A. Garfield, and why Zachary Taylor's remains were exhumed 140 years after he died. And he explains the strange afterlives of the presidents, including why "Hooverball" is still played in Iowa, why Millard Fillmore's final resting place is next to that of funk legend Rick James, why "Who’s buried in Grant’s Tomb?" became a running gag for Groucho Marx, why Ohio and Alaska fought for so long over the name of Mt. McKinley (now known as Denali), and why we exalt dead presidents not just with public statues and iconic paintings but with kitschy wax dummies, Halloween costumes, and bobblehead dolls"--Provided by publisher. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 973.099 C284d Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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