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Patriot sage : George Washington and the American political tradition

Author: Gary L Gregg; Matthew Spalding
Publisher: Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Patriot sage.
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999
(OCoLC)607407891
Online version:
Patriot sage.
Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999
(OCoLC)609051949
Named Person: George Washington
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Gary L Gregg; Matthew Spalding
ISBN: 1882926382 9781882926381
OCLC Number: 43316612
Description: xiv, 355 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents: Today's indispensable man / Forrest McDonald --
"The western Cincinnatus" : Washington as farmer and soldier / Bruce S. Thornton and Victor Davis Hanson --
General Washington and the military strategy of the Revolution / Mackubin Owens --
George Washington and the standing oak / William B. Allen --
Washington and the origins of presidential power / Mark J. Rozell --
Foreign policy and the first commander in chief / Ryan J. Barilleaux --
The symbolic dimensions of the first presidency / Gary L. Gregg II --
Washington's farewell address and the form of the American regime / Virginia L. Arbery --
Making citizens : George Washington and the American character / Matthew Spalding --
"Our illustrious Washington" : the American imaging of George Washington / Mark Thistlethwaite --
George Washington and the religious impulse / John G. West, Jr. --
Eulogy on Washington : "First in the hearts of his countrymen" / John Marshall ; delivered December 26, 1799 by Representative Richard Henry Lee --
Afterword : the forgotten character of George Washington / Richard Brookhiser.
Responsibility: edited by Gary L. Gregg II and Matthew Spalding ; foreword by William J. Bennett ; afterword by Richard Brookhiser.

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