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Washington: a life

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

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Main Author:	Chernow, Ron 1949- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York Penguin Press 2010
Edition:	1. publ.
Subjects:	Washington, George / 1732-1799 Washington, George > 1732-1799 Presidents / United States / Biography Generals / United States / Biography Geschichte Washington, George 1732-1799 United States / History / 1783-1815 USA Biografie
Online Access:	Inhaltsverzeichnis
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
Item Description:	The portrait artist -- The frontiersman -- The planter -- The general -- The statesman -- The president -- The legend
Physical Description:	XXI, 904 S. Ill. 25 cm
ISBN:	9781594202667 1594202664 9780143119968

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adam_text	Contents author’s NOTE XVII prelude: The Portrait Artist xix part one: The J^rontiersman one: A Short-Lived Family 3 two: Fortune’s Favorite 15 three: Wilderness Mission 29 four: Bloodbath 39 five: Shades of Death 52 six: The Soul of an Army 63 seven: A Votary to Love 76 eight: Darling of a Grateful Country 87 part two: The Planter nine: The Man of Mode 97 ten: A Certain Species of Property 109 eleven: The Prodigy 121 twelve: Providence 127 thirteen: A World of His Own 136 fourteen: The Asiatic Prince 152 fifteen: A Shock of Electricity 163 sixteen: The Glorious Cause 181 seventeen: Magnificent Bluff 194 eighteen: Land of Freedom 206 nineteen: The Heights 222 twenty: All London Afloat 234 twenty-one: Disaster 244 twenty-two: An Indecisive Mind 237 twenty-three: The Crossing 269 twenty-four: The Busy Scenes of a Camp 285 twenty-five: Darkness Visible 300 twenty-six: Rapping a Demigod over the Knuckles 312 twenty-seven: A Dreary Kind of Place 323 twenty-eight: The Long Retreat 337 twenty-nine: Pests of Society 347 thirty: The Storm Thickens 338 thirty-one: The Traitor 371 thirty-two: Mutiny 388 thirty-three: Plundering Scoundrels 398 thirty-four: The World Turned Upside Down 406 thirty-five: Man of Moderation 424 thirty-six: Closing the Drama with Applause 437 thirty-seven: Cincinnatus 448 part four: TheStatesman thirty-eight: American Celebrity 461 thirty-nine: Gentleman Farmer 476 forty: Devil’s Bargain 483 forty-one: The Ruins of the Past 497 forty-two: A Masterly Hand 308 forty-three: A House on Fire 320 forty-four: Rising Sun 333 forty-five: Mounting the Seat 342 forty-six: The Place of Execution 559 forty-seven: Acting the Presidency 574 forty-eight: The Cares of Office 586 forty-nine: Rays of Genius 595 fifty: The Traveling Presidency 608 fifty-one: The State of the President 618 fifty-two: Capital Matters 629 fifty-three: Southern Exposure 642 fifty-four: Running into Extremes 656 fifty-five: A Tissue of Machinations 669 fifty-six: Citizen Genet 684 fifty-seven: Bring Out Your Dead 700 fifty-eight: Hercules in the Field 711 fifty-nine; Crowns and Coronets 723 sixty: Mad Dog 729 sixty-one: The Colossus of the People 740 sixty-two: The Master of Farewells 752 sixty-three: Exiting the Stage 764 part six: T’he£egend sixty-four: Samson and Solomon 775 sixty-five: A Mind on the Stretch 792 sixty-six: Freedom 799 sixty-seven: Homecoming 805 Acknowledgments 819 Notes 823 Bibliography 859 Books 859 Articles 864 Index 873
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