Dead Last: The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Legacy

Dead Last: The Public Memory of Warren G. Harding's Scandalous Legacy
ISBN-10
0821418181
ISBN-13
9780821418185
Series
Dead Last
Category
Political corruption
Pages
267
Language
English
Published
2009-01-01
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Author
Phillip G. Payne

Description

"Payne explores such topics as Harding's importance as a midwestern small-town booster, his rumored black ancestry, the roles of various biographers in shaping his early image, the tension between public memory and academic history, and, finally, his status as an icon of presidential failure in contemporary political debates."--BOOK JACKET.

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