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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/426484 Title: George Washington: the forge of experience, 1732-1775. Author: James Thomas Flexner Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown [1965] ISBN/ISSN: 9780316285971 0316285978 OCLC:426484

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George Washington: the forge of experience, 1732-1775.

Author:	James Thomas Flexner
Publisher:	Boston, Little, Brown [1965]
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : [1st ed.]View all editions and formats
Summary:	A biography of America's first President from birth to the beginning of the Revolutionary War, portraying the personal qualities which contributed to his greatness.
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Additional Physical Format:	Online version: Flexner, James Thomas, 1908-2003. George Washington: the forge of experience, 1732-1775. Boston, Little, Brown [1965] (OCoLC)564093950
Named Person:	George Washington; Georges Washington
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	James Thomas Flexner Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780316285971 0316285978
OCLC Number:	426484
Notes:	V. 1, The forge of experience (1732-1775) -- v. 2, In the American Revolution (1775-1783) -- v. 3, And the New Nation (1783-1793) -- v. 4, Anguish and farewell (1793-1799)
Description:	x, 390 p. illus., facsim., map (on lining papers) ports. 25 cm.
Contents:	I. A self-made man. Birth of a hero -- Termagant and brother -- A Fairfax world -- Surveyor's wages -- Death and a beckoning mission -- II. War in the wilderness. Forest adventure -- Triggering the seven years' war -- Defeat and perhaps disgrace -- In and out of the Army -- Nightmare -- Commander in Chief of what -- Hysteria -- Washington turns to the crown -- To death's door -- Adventures of the heart -- Wrong road to victory -- III. True happiness. Domestic enjoyments -- Country squire -- Children not his own -- British debts versus American markets -- Eyes West -- IV. Road to revolution. Dragon's teeth -- The sucking vortex -- A dreadful trust -- V. Appendix. Washington's farewell to his officers, French and Indian War.

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A biography of America's first President from birth to the beginning of the Revolutionary War, portraying the personal qualities which contributed to his greatness.

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