Research Catalog

Title

Urban legends and historic lore of Washington, D.C. / Robert S. Pohl.

Author

Pohl, Robert S.

Publication

Charleston, SC : History Press, 2013.

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Details

Description

142 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm

Subject

• Folklore > Washington (D.C.)
• Legends > Washington (D.C.)
• Tales > Washington (D.C.)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-142).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1 Building the New Capital -- No Dust, No Rocks 17 -- The Old Stone House 20 -- "A Fine House in the Woods" 22 -- J Street 26 -- The East Capitol Street Slave Market 28 -- 2 Monuments and Memorials -- High-Water Marks 33 -- Women and Children Last 37 -- Looking Back on Lincoln 40 -- Spelling the President 43 -- Loose Cannons 45 -- The Hoof Code 48 -- 3 Presidential Legends -- Whitewashing the White House 53 -- The Curse of Tecumseh 56 -- The Curse of Sally Hemings 60 -- "Get Down, You Fool!" 61 -- Stuck in the White House 66 -- Flying the Flag 69 -- 4 The Sporting Life -- Stretching Taft 73 -- A Cuban Senator 76 -- Reading the Football Results 78 -- 5 All Around the District -- The Homesick Wife 81 -- The "Scaly Serpent of the Lobby" 84 -- Leading the "Sad Little Parade" 87 -- The Cabbage Memo 90 -- A Metro Stop for Georgetown 92 -- 6 Capitol Tales -- Eavesdropping in the House 95 -- Keeping the Flame Alive 98 -- The Woman's Movement 102 -- A Statue Fit for a King 106 -- 7 Across the River -- Pentagon Plans 110 -- The Ground Zero Café 113 -- Building for Spite 115 -- Staging the Flag-Raising 117 -- The Hand of God 122.

ISBN

• 9781626191969
• 1626191964

LCCN

^^2013030389

OCLC

852831501

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library