Lost President
A. D. Smith and the Hidden History of Radical Democracy in Civil War America
A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters. Les mer
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A detective story set against the backdrop of the volatile antebellum era, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle composed of secret documents, probate records, court testimony, speeches, correspondence, newspaper coverage and genealogical research in order to tell the story of a man named Smith, of his vision for the United States, and, more generally, of the value of remembering secondary historical characters.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Georgia Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780820354545
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm