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American Stories - Washington's Cherry Tree, Lincoln's Log Cabin, and Other Tales-True and Not-So-True-and How They Spread Throughout the Land (Paperback, 2022 ed.)
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American Stories - Washington's Cherry Tree, Lincoln's Log Cabin, and Other Tales-True and Not-So-True-and How They Spread Throughout the Land (Paperback, 2022 ed.)
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Discovery Miles 3 800
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American Stories follows the evolution of our founding stories and
myths and how they spread far and wide throughout our history. The
story of the cherry tree, for example, tells us nothing about
George Washington's actual childhood, but surely it tells us
something about what Americans wanted in the father of their
country-an incorruptible leader of the people. Along the same
lines, the story of Betsy Ross's flag tells us nothing about how
the Stars and Stripes came to be, but does tell us something about
what Americans wanted in a founding mother-it is no coincidence
that the Ross story, featuring a traditional woman's role of sewing
at home, was first told in 1870, one year after Elizabeth Cady
Stanton and Susan B. Anthony challenged these roles by founding the
National Woman Suffrage Association. There's another reason these
stories spread, and that provides another reason to follow their
evolution. From Dodge City to Deadwood, and from Bunker Hill to San
Juan Hill and beyond, these stories all have one thing in common:
they are all a lot of fun to read.
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