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His Excellency : George Washington / Joseph J. Ellis.
LIBRA - Special E312 .E245 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Joseph J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- United States.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 320 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004.
- Summary:
- The author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Founding Brothers and the National Book Award-winning American Sphinx comes a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history--George Washington. 16 pages of photos.
- Contents:
- Interior regions
- The strenuous squire
- First in war
- Destiny's child
- Introspective interlude
- First in peace
- Testament.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 1400040310
- OCLC:
- 54817026
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