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Title
A song to my city
Type
Text
Monograph
Contribution
Lancaster, Carol (Author)
Farrar, Doug (Author)
Subject
Washington (D.C.)--History (LCSH)
Washington (D.C.)--Biography (LCSH)
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, 1754-1825
Shepherd, Alexander Robey, 1835-1902
Barry, Marion, 1936-2014
Genre Form
Biographies (LCGFT)
Language
English
Illustrative Content
Illustrations
Maps
Geographic Coverage
Classification
LCC: F194 .L34 2016 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
DDC: 975.3 full (Assigner: dlc)(Source: 23)
Supplementary Content
bibliography
index
Content
text
Summary
"As a third-generation Washingtonian, Carol Lancaster experienced the city like few others. The first of her family to attend college, she was an undergraduate at Georgetown and earned a PhD at the London School of Economics. After serving in the Department of State in the late 1970s and early 1980s, she returned to the Hilltop to eventually lead the Africa Studies program and then, in 2010, the School of Foreign Service. A friend of presidents and dignitaries all over the globe, an outstanding scholar, and committed to furthering the role of women in international politics, Lancaster put her unique imprint on SFS before passing away from brain cancer in 2014. She spent the last years of her life writing a heartfelt story about her beloved hometown, poignantly and honestly describing the gritty history, politics, environment, society, culture, and larger-than-life local heroes--urban designer Pierre Charles L'Enfant, civic leader 'Boss' Shepherd, and mayor Marion Barry--of the nation's capital. Teeming with informative and amusing anecdotes, as well as beautiful illustrations of landmarks and influential figures, Lancaster's memoir is a deeply personal and passionate paean to the most powerful city in the world"--Provided by publisher.
Table Of Contents
Why Washington, DC?
The history and politics
Natural Washington
Cityscape
Three people who made the city
Washingtonians
Towards the city's future.
Authorized Access Point
Lancaster, Carol A song to my city
Admin Metadata
Generation Process: DLC marc2bibframe2 v2.5.0
Status: changed
Encoding Level: full
Identified By: bf:Local, 19252878
Change Date: 2018-08-13T14:10:43
Creation Date: 2016-06-13
Description Language: English
Description Modifier: United States, Library of Congress
Description Authentication: Program for Cooperative Cataloging
Assigner: DGU/DLC