Virtue, Valor, & Vanity
Subtitle: the Founding Fathers and the pursuit of fame
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781559708876
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The crew of the Concord; title: Part one : The beginnings of celebrity.; title: The Roman Republic; title: The American in Paris; title: Americans at home; title: Part two : The ingredients of renown.; title: Ambition; title: Vanity; title: Modesty; title: Jealousy; title: Image; title: Myth; title: Part three : The last days of famous men.; title: A simple epitaph; title: The tombstone at Red Hill; title: An early death; title: The tourist attraction; title: A message to the future; title: John Adams survives; title: Epilogue : The autograph of a not-so-famous man