George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393337471ISBN-10:393337472UPC:9780393337471Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, EuropeBook Topic:18th Century, FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCRYCQ3A89
George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century
George Washington was inaugurated as president in 1789 with one tooth in his mouth, a lower left bicuspid. The Father of His Country had sets of false teeth that were made of everything but wood, from elephant ivory and walrus tusk to the teeth of a fellow human. With characteristic learning and bracing insight, Robert Darnton shows us that the Enlightenment had false teeth alsothat it was not...
Language:EnglishPublisher:W. W. Norton & CompanyISBN-13:9780393337471ISBN-10:393337472UPC:9780393337471Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Modern, EuropeBook Topic:18th Century, FranceSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCRYCQ3A89
Darnton, Robert: - Robert Darnton is the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and University Librarian Emeritus at Harvard University. His honors include a MacArthur Prize, the National Humanities Medal, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and election to the French Legion of Honor. He is the author of Censors at Work, The Great Cat Massacre, and The Forbidden Bestsellers of...
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