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George Washington : the wonder of the age

George Washington : the wonder of the age

Rhodehamel, John H., author.
Book 2018

"As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. In this "crisply written, admirably concise, and never superficial" biography (Fergus M. Bordewich, Wall Street Journal) Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man -- who...

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Generals United States Biography
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United States History Revolution, 1775-1783
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Washington, George, 1732-1799
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ISBN:
9780300240207
Description:
353 pages ; 21 cm
Other Title:
Wonder of the age
Notes:
Originally published in hardcover: New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, 2017
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Look around you
Powerful ambitions, powerful friends
War for North America
The rise of George Washington
"Because we are Americans"
Winter soldier
Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth
The great man : yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis
"The destiny of unborn millions"
"On untrodden ground" : The first term
The age of passion : the second term
"The debt which all must pay."
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3382899
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