In the role of "historian-detective" Bernard Mayo presents in
lecture form three case histories in hero-worship. These abundantly
illustrate the uses and abuses of history, revealing how the
flesh-and-blood men, humanly fallible yet with the inspiring
qualities of greatness, have been distorted and obscured by
conflicting interpretations and by myths that defame and myths that
glorify. The bright and dark images of three early American
patriots are noted. The men themselves are evaluated as shapers of
American tradition: Patrick Henry, the Trumpet of the Revolution;
George Washington, the Sword; Thomas Jefferson, the Pen. Attention
is given also to the makers of the myths, both idolaters and
iconoclasts, and to the history of their myth-making. These
lectures, delivered at Mercer University, were the second series of
the annual Eugenia Dorothy Blount Lamar Memorial Lectures.
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