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"When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally singled out as the great minds of early America. Up until the present day, George Washington has never been taken seriously as an intellectual. Indeed, John Adams once snobbishly dismiss...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally singled out as the great minds of early America. Up until the present day, George Washington has never been taken seriously as an intellectual. Indeed, John Adams once snobbishly dismissed him as "too illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station and reputation." Yet Adams and most of the men who knew Washington were unaware of his regular devotion to reading as a program of self-improvement. Based on an exhaustive amount of research at the Library of Congress, the collections at Mount Vernon, and rare book archives scattered across the country, Kevin J. Hayes draws on juvenilia, letters, diaries, pamphlets, and the close to 1,000 books owned by Washington to reconstruct the active intellectual life that has gone largely unnoticed in conventional narratives of the first US president. Despite being a lifelong reader, Washington felt a sense of acute embarrassment about his relative lack of formal education and cultural sophistication, and in this lively literary biography, Hayes reconstructs how Washington worked tirelessly to improve his mind. Beginning with the primers, forgotten periodicals, conduct books, and classic eighteenth-century novels such as Tom Jones that shaped Washington's early life, Hayes engages with Washington's letters and journals, charting the many ways the books of his upbringing affected decisions before and during the Revolutionary War. The final section of the book covers the voluminous reading that occurred during Washington's presidency and his retirement at Mount Vernon. Throughout, Hayes also engages with Washington's writings as well as his readings, starting with The Journal of Major George Washington and going through his Farewell Address. The sheer breadth of titles under review here allow readers to glimpse Washington's views on foreign policy, economics, the law, art, slavery, marriage, and religion. Ultimately, The Books in George Washington's Life offers a startling new perspective on the mind of America's Father, uncovering the ideas that shaped his intellectual journey and, subsequently, the development of young America."-- "Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, George Washington: A Life in Books offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement"-- |
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| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| spelling | Hayes, Kevin J., author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90695334 George Washington : a life in books / Kevin J. Hayes. 1705 New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer n rdamedia online resource nc rdacarrier "When it comes to the Founding Fathers, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and Alexander Hamilton are generally singled out as the great minds of early America. Up until the present day, George Washington has never been taken seriously as an intellectual. Indeed, John Adams once snobbishly dismissed him as "too illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station and reputation." Yet Adams and most of the men who knew Washington were unaware of his regular devotion to reading as a program of self-improvement. Based on an exhaustive amount of research at the Library of Congress, the collections at Mount Vernon, and rare book archives scattered across the country, Kevin J. Hayes draws on juvenilia, letters, diaries, pamphlets, and the close to 1,000 books owned by Washington to reconstruct the active intellectual life that has gone largely unnoticed in conventional narratives of the first US president. Despite being a lifelong reader, Washington felt a sense of acute embarrassment about his relative lack of formal education and cultural sophistication, and in this lively literary biography, Hayes reconstructs how Washington worked tirelessly to improve his mind. Beginning with the primers, forgotten periodicals, conduct books, and classic eighteenth-century novels such as Tom Jones that shaped Washington's early life, Hayes engages with Washington's letters and journals, charting the many ways the books of his upbringing affected decisions before and during the Revolutionary War. The final section of the book covers the voluminous reading that occurred during Washington's presidency and his retirement at Mount Vernon. Throughout, Hayes also engages with Washington's writings as well as his readings, starting with The Journal of Major George Washington and going through his Farewell Address. The sheer breadth of titles under review here allow readers to glimpse Washington's views on foreign policy, economics, the law, art, slavery, marriage, and religion. Ultimately, The Books in George Washington's Life offers a startling new perspective on the mind of America's Father, uncovering the ideas that shaped his intellectual journey and, subsequently, the development of young America."-- Provided by publisher. "Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, George Washington: A Life in Books offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement"-- Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. Meditations and Contemplations -- Every Boy His Own Teacher -- Exemplars -- Travel Writing -- The Journal of Major George Washington -- A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts -- Home and Garden -- George Washington, Bibliographer -- The Education of John Parke Custis -- Revolutionary Pamphlets -- Common Sense and Independence -- A Green Baize Bookcase -- Planning for Retirement -- Haven of History -- The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon -- Politics and the Picaresque -- Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature -- Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress -- Farewell Address -- Home at Last. Washington, George, 1732-1799 Books and reading. Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast Washington, George 1732-1799 gnd Bibel Ester gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/4070974-7 Presidents United States Biography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85106470 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Presidents & Heads of State. bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Literary. bisacsh HISTORY United States Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Historical. bisacsh HISTORY United States State & Local General. bisacsh Books and reading fast Presidents fast United States fast Leesen gnd http://d-nb.info/gnd/1057949078 Autodidakt gnd Electronic books. Biography https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019215 Biographies fast Biographies. lcgft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026049 Biographies. rvmgf has work: George Washington (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGrqX9dT6yYfrcV3gq8BRq https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Print version: Hayes, Kevin J. George Washington. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017] 9780190456672 (DLC) 2016046056 (OCoLC)960940240 FWS01 ZDB-4-EBA FWS_PDA_EBA https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1528967 Volltext |
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