The strange genius of Mr. O the world of the United States' first forgotten celebrity

"The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkably odd celebrity--a gaunt, opium-addicted Scottish orator who lectured in a toga--and a tour of the fledgling United States. James Ogilvie arrived in the United States in 1793 as an educated, impoverished, and deeply ambitious t...

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1. Verfasser:	Eastman, Carolyn (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Williamsburg, Virginia Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture [2021] Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press [2021]
Schlagworte:	Ogilvie, James > 1773-1820 Ogilvie, James / 1760-1820 Orators / United States / Biography Oratory / United States / History / 19th century Oratory / Social aspects / United States Celebrities / United States Celebrities Orators Oratory Oratory / Social aspects United States 1800-1899 Biographies History
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