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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Patriot sage. Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999 (OCoLC)607407891 Online version: Patriot sage. Wilmington, Del. : ISI Books, 1999 (OCoLC)609051949 |
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| 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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