Odd Byways in American History / / Charles Warren.
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: American History eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1942 |
| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Edition: | Reprint 2014 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (269 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Foreword
- Contents
- I. How Moroccan Lions and Arabian Horses Annoyed Presidents
- II. How Billiard Tables and Gold Spoons Became Campaign Issues
- III. How Congress Got and Lost the French Royal Portraits
- IV. How Americans were Arrested as Spies in London
- V. What Was the Weather at Washington's Inauguration?
- VI. How the Great Tub Plot Scared the Federalists
- VII. How Jefferson's Death was Reported in the Campaign of 1800
- VIII. How the President's Speech to Congress was Instituted and Abandoned
- IX. How War with France Was Urged in 1803
- X. Why the Battle of New Orleans Was not Painted
- XI. How Politics Intruded on Washington's Centenary Celebration
- XII. How Andrew Jackson Opposed a National Fast Day
- NOTES
- INDEX