Public Lives, Private Virtues: Images of American Revolutionary War Heroes, 1782-1832 (Studies in American Popular History and Culture)

by Christopher Harris (Author), Christopher Harris (Author)

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  This study surveys portraits of American Revolutionary heroes in books, magazines and school texts from 1782 to 1832. During this period of rapid change, historians and newspaper editors presented such tales in narrative and visual style, aiming to promote classical civic virtues.