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As carlson sees it, the dead presidents and the ways we remember them tell us a great deal about ourselves, our history, and how we imagine our past. Harvard book store welcomes brady carlson, reporter and onair host of nprs weekend edition for new hampshire public radio, for a discussion of his book dead presidents. Brady is an exuberant guide to presidential wishes, myths, and monuments. The funniest and most entertaining book about death youll read this. Manchester, nh brady carlson can trace his obsession with the lives and times of u. Dead presidents book central rappahannock regional. What dead american presidents reveal about ourselves, our history, and how we imagine our past and future. These stories start where most stories about the presidents leave off. See more ideas about presidents, american presidents and u. He says our brains remember the presidents like we would recall a list that somebody gave us. Carlson shifts deftly among sombre, macabre, and playful stories and shows how the deathtourism industry reveals more than amusing trivia. Dead presidents brady carlson 9780393243932 netgalley. In dead presidents, npr host brady carlson takes readers to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials to tell the death stories of our greatest leaders.
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Brady carlson is the perfect roadtrip companion, smart and goodhearted, a combination that we can only hope for in presidents, alive or dead. With an engaging mix of history and contemporary reporting, carlson explores the death stories of our greatest leaders, and shows that the ways we memorialize our presidents reveal as much about us as they. A generation younger than roosevelt, murray was born in 1910 in north carolina. My fascination with presidents began in elementary school, new hampshire national public radio host brady carlson tells readers at the. Virginia prescott, new hampshire public radio in this entertaining biographycumtravelogue. A first ladys friendship, dead presidents, and more the. All us presidents american presidents us history american history british history harry truman harry winston beard lover book people. Abraham lincoln presidential library foundation, 2008.
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