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George Washington's False Teeth

Paperback • 2003 • English

George Washington's False Teeth

By Robert Darnton

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About the book

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 the Father of Our Modern World, responsible for all its advances and transgressions. In restoring the E...Show more

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9780393337471

Publisher

WW Norton Co

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

George Washington's False Teeth

Format

Paperback

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