Dead presidents : an American adventure into the strange deaths and surprising afterlives of our nation's leaders / Brady Carlson
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- ISBN: 9780393243932
- ISBN: 0393243931
- Physical Description: xii, 324 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-310) and index |
Formatted Contents Note: | Monument man : on George Washington's transformation from mortal man to immortal icon -- Well-timed exits : on the postmortem fortunes (and misfortunes) of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, and Andrew Johnson -- The first patient : on James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Zachary Taylor, and the doctors who keep presidents alive (and occasionally make them worse) -- Farewell, Mr. President : on William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon, and how the presidential funeral was born -- Death trips : on the posthumous travels of James Polk, James Monroe, John Tyler, and Abraham Lincoln -- His good name : on William McKinley, Ronald Reagan, and Calvin Coolidge, and the large (and small) ways presidents are remembered -- Robots and sphinxes : on Lyndon Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Chester Arthur, and America's Presidential libraries -- Unintended legacies : on William Taft, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and how presidents' reputations change over time -- Eternal flame : on John F. Kennedy, the City of Dallas, and what ties them together every November 22 -- The rest of the set : on the many types of presidential obscurity and mediocrity, with Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, and Warren Harding -- Family reunion : on the Adamses, the Harrison, and presidential descendants |
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Dead Presidents : An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
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Dead Presidents : An American Adventure into the Strange Deaths and Surprising Afterlives of Our Nation's Leaders
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Presidents of the United States | p. xi | |
Introduction | p. 3 | |
1 | Monument Man | p. 9 |
On George Washington's Transformation from Mortal Man to Immortal Icon | ||
2 | Well-Timed Exits | p. 25 |
On the Postmortem Fortunes (and Misfortunes) of John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, and Andrew Johnson | ||
3 | The First Patient | p. 49 |
On James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Zachary Taylor, and the Doctors Who Keep Presidents Alive (and Occasionally Make Them Worse) | ||
4 | Farewell, Mr. President | p. 75 |
On William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Gerald Ford, and Richard Nixon, and How the Presidential Funeral Was Born | ||
5 | Death Trips | p. 93 |
On the Posthumous Travels of James Polk, James Monroe, John Tyler, and Abraham Lincoln | ||
6 | His Good Name | p. 123 |
On William McKinley, Ronald Reagan, and Calvin Coolidge, and the Large (and Small) Hays Presidents Air Remembered | ||
7 | Robots and Sphinxes | p. 141 |
On Lyndon Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, and Chester Arthur, and America's Presidential Libraries | ||
8 | Unintended Legacies | p. 161 |
On William Taft, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, and How Presidents' Reputations Change over Time | ||
9 | Eternal Flame | p. 183 |
On John F. Kennedy, the City of Dallas, and What Ties Them Together Every November 22 | ||
10 | The Rest of the Set | p. 205 |
On the Many Types of Presidential Obscurity and Mediocrity, with Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, Martin Van Buren, James Buchanan, and Warren Harding | ||
11 | Family Reunion | p. 227 |
On the Adamses, the Harrisons, and Presidential Descendants | ||
Epilogue | p. 241 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 251 | |
Notes | p. 253 | |
Illustration Credits | p. 311 | |
Index | p. 313 |