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Washington : a life Ron Chernow
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 312 .C495 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chernow, Ron.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Washington, George, 1732-1799.
- Washington, George.
- Presidents--United States--Biography.
- Presidents.
- Generals--United States--Biography.
- Generals.
- United States--History--1783-1815.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
- Summary:
- In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
- Contents:
- Prelude: the portrait artist
- PART ONE: The frontiersman. A short-lived family
- Fortune's favorite
- Wilderness mission
- Bloodbath
- Shades of death
- The soul of an army
- A votary to love
- Darling of a grateful country
- PART TWO: The planter. The man of mode
- A certain species of property
- The prodigy
- Providence
- A world of his own
- The Asiatic prince
- A shock of electricity
- PART THREE: The general. The glorious game
- Magnificent bluff
- Land of freedom
- The heights
- All London afloat
- Disaster
- An indecisive mind
- The crossing
- The busy scenes of a camp
- Darkness visible
- Rapping a demigod over the knuckles
- A dreary kind of place
- The long retreat
- Pests of society
- The storm thickens
- The traitor
- Mutiny
- Plundering scoundrels
- The world turned upside down
- Man of moderation
- Closing the drama with applause
- Cincinnatus
- PART FOUR: The statesman. American celebrity
- Gentleman farmer
- Devil's bargain
- The ruins of the past
- A masterly hand
- A house on fire
- Rising sun
- Mounting the seat
- PART FIVE: The president. The place of execution
- Acting the presidency
- The cares of office
- Rays of genius
- The traveling presidency
- The state of the president
- Capital matters
- Southern exposure
- Running into extremes
- A tissue of machinations
- Citizen Genet
- Bring out your dead
- Hercules in the field
- Crowns and coronets
- Mad dog
- The colossus of the people
- The master of farewells
- Exiting the stage
- PART SIX:The legend. Samson and Solomon
- A mind on the stretch
- Freedom
- Homecoming.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [859]-867) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781594202667
- 1594202664
- OCLC:
- 535490473
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