The Life of Washington: 16 (The John Harvard Library) - Softcover

Weems, Mason L.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674532511 ISBN 13: 9780674532519

Verlag: Harvard University Press, 1962

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Weems Mason L

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Críticas

[Marcus Cunliffe] has provided the first scholarly editing of Parson Weems' work. He introduces the high-spirited old scamp with more sympathy than he has received in many a year, gives a short account of Weems' own life drawn from the attenuated facts available, an evaluation of the reliability of the biography, and delivers a kindly judgment: 'Weems supplied distinct needs for the American imagination.'--New York Herald Tribune

Reseña del editor

The effect of this "single, immortal, and dubious anecdote," and others like it, has made this book one of the most influential in the history of American folklore. Originally published as an eighty-page pamphlet entitled The Life and Memorable Actions of George Washington, it quickly attained immense popularity. In 1806 a so-called fifth edition was published which contained for the first time the tale of George Washington and the cherry tree; the book has survived to this day, although largely on the basis of that episode. This volume follows the text of the ninth (1809) printing, which included all the famous anecdotes. This republication is unique in its detailed commentary on Mason Weems and other biographers of Washington.

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• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1962
• ISBN 10: 0674532511
• ISBN 13: 9780674532519
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 264
• Herausgeber: Cunliffe Marcus