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Victor J. Danilov - Famous Americans, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

Famous Americans

A Directory of Museums, Historic Sites, and Memorials

Av Victor J. Danilov

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Beskrivning
People who are considered “famous” can be found in many different fields. This book describes 472 museums, historic sites, and memorials about 409 people in 26 categories: Actors Explorers PlaywrightsArchitects First Ladies PoetsArtists/Sculptors Frontiersmen PresidentsAthletes Journalists/Publishers Public Officials/ Author/Writers Medical Innovators Political FiguresAviators/Astronauts Military Figures Religious LeadersBusiness/Industrial/Financial Musicians/Singers/ Scientists/Engineers/Figures Composers InventorsEducators Outlaws Social ActivistsEntertainers Patriotic Figures SocialitesThey include such people as Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, Sinclair Lewis, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Will Rogers, Daniel Boone, Buffalo Bill Cody, William Randolph Hearst, Douglas MacArthur, Robert E. Lee, Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Betsy Ross, Carl Sandburg, Jesse James, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, Billy Graham, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jane Addams, Frederick Douglass, Doris Duke, Helen Keller, Wilbur and Orville Wright, and all the Presidents, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Among the sites of the museums and other tributes are such places as the Katharine Hepburn Museum, Thomas Hart Benton Home and Studio, Babe Ruth Museum, Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House, Mark Twain House and Museum, Charles A. Lindberg Historic Site, Lincoln Memorial, Morgan Library and Museum, Kit Carson Home and Museum, Clara Barton National Historic Site, Stonewall Jackson’s Home, Marian Anderson Residence/Museum and Birthplace, Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, Tennessee Williams Birthplace/Home, Mount Vernon: George Washington’s Estate and Gardens, Roger Williams National Memorial, Rachel Carson Homestead, Rosa Parks Library and Museum, and Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. In addition to the chapters and directory, the book includes a geographical guide to the sites, selected bibliography, index, and 29 photographs.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-09-26
  • Mått: 221 x 287 x 35 mm
  • Vikt: 1 511 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 456
  • Förlag: Scarecrow Press
  • ISBN: 9780810891852
  • Utmärkelser: Library Journal Best Reference of 2013
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Victor J. Danilov is the president emeritus and retired director of the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, founder and director of the Museum Management Program at the University of Colorado, and the author of 27 books (including 17 on museums).

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This directory of 472 museums, monuments, and other sites associated with 409 famous Americans is divided into 26 chapters, with the subjects categorized by occupations or achievements. The primary entry for each person includes a brief, objective biographical sketch that summarizes his or her background, rise to prominence, and legacy. The last few paragraphs describe the related museum or monument, complete with address, contact information, and admission price. Articles for additional sites (there are 14 for George Washington alone) immediately follow the primary entry. Museum and other site descriptions are accurate, based upon this reviewer’s visits to several of the venues. . . . An appendix also lists sites by state. This book provides some useful information. . . . VERDICT This title will be helpful to adult travel planners who use public or academic libraries, but it will be of limited use to those doing research or reports.

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