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Author Rhodehamel, John H., author.

Title George Washington : the wonder of the age / John Rhodehamel.

Publication Info. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY WASHINGTON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  92 WASHINGTON, GEO    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B WASHINGTON GEORGE R    Check Shelf
Description 353 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index.
Contents Look around you -- Powerful ambitions, powerful friends -- War for North America -- The rise of George Washington -- "Because we are Americans" -- Winter soldier -- Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth -- The great man : Yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis -- "The destiny of unborn millions" -- "On untrodden ground" : the first term -- The age of passion : the second term -- "The debt which all must pay".
Summary "As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man--who first achieved fame in his early twenties--is inextricably bound to his mythic status. Solidly grounded in Washington's papers and exemplary in its brevity, this approachable biography is a superb introduction to the leader whose name has become synonymous with America"--Google Books.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799.
United States. Continental Army -- History.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Generals -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797.
Washington, George, 1732-1799. (OCoLC)fst00178100
United States. Continental Army. (OCoLC)fst00531979
American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Generals. (OCoLC)fst00939841
Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
Presidents. (OCoLC)fst01075723
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1.
Chronological Term 1789-1797
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Biographies.
Added Title Wonder of the age
ISBN 9780300219975 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
0300219970 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
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