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The Property of the Nation: George Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President

byMatthew Costello

Matthew Costello uses The Property of the Nation to investigate george Washington’s Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President through a carefully framed biographical portrait. Its account follows central actors and turning points while showing how the story reflects questions in the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Rather than isolating its subject, the book shows how private experience and public systems continually influenced one another. What emerges is a nuanced account of the subject, its immediate consequences, and its wider meaning.

Publisher

University Press of Kansas

Publication date

2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

352

ISBN

9780700628278