Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
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ISBN-10 : 9780393353679
ISBN-13 : 0393353672
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Book Synopsis Dead Presidents by : Brady Carlson

Download or read book Dead Presidents written by Brady Carlson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Entertaining…Carlson shifts deftly among sombre, macabre, and playful stories and shows how the death-tourism industry reveals more than amusing trivia." —The New Yorker In Dead Presidents, public radio host and reporter Brady Carlson takes readers on an epic trip to presidential gravesites, monuments, and memorials from sea to shining sea. 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 do about the men themselves.


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