Libro The Strange Genius of mr. Of The World of the United States'First Forgotten Celebrity (Published by De Carolyn Eastman

portada The Strange Genius of mr. Of The World of the United States'First Forgotten Celebrity (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American. And the University of North Carolina Press)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

The University Of North Carolina Press

Autor

Carolyn Eastman

Año

2021

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

360

Encuadernación

Tapa Dura

ISBN13

9781469660516

Categorías

Biografías de personas históricas, políticos y soldados

The Strange Genius of mr. Of The World of the United States'First Forgotten Celebrity (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American. And the University of North Carolina Press)

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When James Ogilvie arrived in America in 1793, he was a deeply ambitious but impoverished teacher. By the time he returned to Britain in 1817, he had become a bona fide celebrity known simply as Mr. O, counting the nation's leading politicians and intellectuals among his admirers. And then, like so many meteoric American luminaries afterward, he fell from grace.The Strange Genius of Mr. O is at once the biography of a remarkable performer--a gaunt Scottish orator who appeared in a toga--and a story of the United States during the founding era. Ogilvie's career featured many of the hallmarks of celebrity we recognize from later eras: glamorous friends, eccentric clothing, scandalous religious views, narcissism, and even an alarming drug habit. Yet he captivated audiences with his eloquence and inaugurated a golden age of American oratory. Examining his roller-coaster career and the Americans who admired (or hated) him, this fascinating book renders a vivid portrait of the United States in the midst of invention.