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- 020 __ |a 9780143119968 (pbk.)
- 035 __ |a (OCoLC)ocn535490473
- 040 __ |a DLC |c DLC |d BTCTA |d YDXCP |d UPZ |d C#P |d BWX |d CDX |d NSB |d LMR |d VP@ |d LML |d MNW |d DLC
- 050 00 |a E312 |b .C495 2010
- 082 00 |a 973.4/1092 |a B |2 22
- 245 10 |a Washington : |b a life / |c Ron Chernow.
- 260 __ |a New York : |b Penguin Press, |c 2010.
- 300 __ |a xxi, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : |b ill. ; |c 25 cm.
- 504 __ |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [859]-867) and index.
- 505 0_ |a 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.
- 520 __ |a 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.
- 600 10 |a Washington, George, |d 1732-1799.
- 650 _0 |a Presidents |z United States |v Biography.
- 650 _0 |a Generals |z United States |v Biography.
- 651 _0 |a United States |x History |y 1783-1815.
- 856 42 |3 Contributor biographical information |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-b.html
- 856 42 |3 Publisher description |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-d.html
- 856 41 |3 Sample text |u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010019154-s.html
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