Parson Weems & the Biography of George Washington, with Steven C. Bullock
Revolution 250 Podcast
English - November 16, 2021 19:00 - 36 minutes - 24.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsHistory american revolution boston massachusetts new england Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Did Washington really cut down the cherry tree? Steven C. Bullock tells us about his new project--the life of Mason Locke "Parson" Weems, Washington's most popular biographer, who shaped the legend of Washington, and Francis Marion, as he tried to shape American character for the better. Steven Bullock, author of Tea Sets and Tyranny: The Politics of Politeness in Early America, and Revolutionary Brotherhood, on the Masons in early America, is a professor of history at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.