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Author DeVito, Carlo.

Title Mrs. Lee's rose garden [large print] : the true story of the founding of Arlington / Carlo DeVito.

Publication Info. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2015.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Large Print Non-Fiction  LP 975.5 DeV    ---  Available
Edition Center point large print edition.
Description 174 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Source NBK 7/15 PPL
Contents Prologue: American acropolis -- The rose of Arlington -- Robert E. Lee -- Montgomery C. Meigs -- Robert E. Lee saves Arlington -- Meigs and the great dome -- Fleeing Arlington -- Arlington gone -- Death comes -- Searching for Arlington -- The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier -- Her last visit -- The final resting place -- Epilogue.
Summary "The poignant, personal, and unbelievably true story of Mrs. Robert E. Lee and General Montgomery Meigs, and the founding of the Arlington National Cemetery, in the midst of America's greatest struggle--the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Large type books.
Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) -- History -- 19th century.
Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial (Va.)
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington County.
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington County.
Meigs, Montgomery C. (Montgomery Cunningham), 1816-1892.
Soldiers' bodies, Disposition of -- Virginia -- Arlington County -- History -- 19th century.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties.
ISBN 9781628996142 (lg. print)

 
    
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