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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/535490473 Title: Washington : a life Author: Ron Chernow Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2010. ISBN/ISSN: 9781594202667 1594202664 OCLC:535490473

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Washington : a life

Author:	Ron Chernow
Publisher:	New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	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.
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Subjects	Washington, George, -- 1732-1799. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. Generals -- United States -- Biography. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography
Named Person:	George Washington
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Ron Chernow Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781594202667 1594202664
OCLC Number:	535490473
Description:	xxi, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	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 cause -- 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.
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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.

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