Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? A Tour of Presidential Gravesites - Softcover

Lamb, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1586481789 ISBN 13: 9781586481780

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2003

Synopsis

Some presidents have been larger than life but none of them have been larger than death. Brian Lamb has visited the gravesites of every American president, living and dead, in order to put together this book, with assistance from the staff of C-SPAN. Heavily illustrated and with contributions from historians Richard Norton Smith and Douglas Brinkley, Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? is about the presidents' lives as much as it is about their final resting places. The book's collection of the presidents' last words, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "I have a terrific headache" to John Adams's "Thomas Jefferson still survives" offers a poignant and sometimes humorous look at the last moments of the great men. This is a great way to encounter the presidents, from the great ones to the near-forgottens. Who's Buried in Grant's Tomb? belongs in the glove box of every traveler and the bedside table of every fan of the American presidency and American history.

About this title

Book Description:

The only guide and tour book to all forty-one presidential gravesites.

About the Author:

Brian Lamb, the founding CEO of C-SPAN, has become an avid historical traveler. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1586481789
• ISBN 13: 9781586481780
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288