Scott E Casper: 2 books
Sarah Johnson's Mount Vernon
The Forgotten History of an American Shrine
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2009
New Stories from an Old American Shrine
The home of our first president has come to symbolize the ideals of our nation: freedom for all, national solidarity, and universal democracy. Mount Vernon is a place where the memories of George Washington and the era of America's birth are carefully...
Constructing American Lives
Biography and Culture in Nineteenth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2018
Nineteenth-century American authors, critics, and readers believed that biography had the power to shape individuals' characters and to help define the nation's identity. In an age predating radio and television, biography was not simply a genre of writing, says Scott Casper; it was the medium that...