Valley forge: making and remaking a national symbol
Auteur :
Treese, Lorett
Éditeur :
Pennsylvania State University Press
ISBN :
9780271014036
Date de publication :
15 avr. 1995
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,1 cm
Poids :
481 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
More than four million people a year visit Valley Forge, one of America's most celebrated historic sites. This text examines how the site of Washington's 1778 winter encampment evolved into the tourist mecca it is today and what, exactly, it is supposed to represent.