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1 online resource (1 audio file (540 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Robert Fass. |
| Summary |
The final resting place of Ulysses S. Grant, the victorious general in the Civil War and the eighteenth president of the United States, is a colossal neoclassical tomb located in the most dynamic city in the country. It is larger than the final resting place of any other president or any other person in America. Since its creation, the popularity and condition of this monument have reflected not only Grant's legacy in the public mind but also the state of New York City and of the Union. In this fascinating, deeply researched book, presidential historian Louis L. Picone recounts the full story. He begins with Grant's heroic final battle during the last year of his life, to complete his memoirs in order to secure his family's financial future while contending with painful, incurable cancer. Grant accomplished this just days before his death, and his memoirs, published by Mark Twain, became a bestseller. Picone narrates the national response to Grant's passing and how his tomb came to be: the intense competition to be the resting place for Grant's remains, the origins of the memorial and its design, the struggle to finance and build it over the course of twelve years, and the vicissitudes of its afterlife in the history of the nation up to recent times. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 -- Death and burial.
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General Grant National Memorial (New York, N.Y.) -- History.
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Memorials -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Tombs -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Fass, Robert.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781666125078 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1666125075 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT14092328 |
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