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Author Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- author.

Title The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / Colin G. Calloway.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]

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Location Call No. Status
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  323.1197 CAL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  323.1197 CALLOWAY    DUE 08-05-19 Billed
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  323.1197 CAL    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  323.11 CAL    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  323.11 CAL    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  323.1197 CAL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  323.1197 CALLOWAY    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 621 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Learning curves -- Virginia's Indian country -- The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- Into Tanaghrisson's world -- Tanaghrisson's war -- Braddock and the limits of empire -- Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- Frontier advance and a Cherokee war -- The other revolution -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land." -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- The first President and the first Americans -- An Indian policy for the new nation -- Courting McGillivray -- The greatest Indian victory -- Philadelphia Indian diplomacy -- Achieving empire -- Transforming Indian lives -- A death and a non-death.
Summary "An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
Subject Indians of North America. (OCoLC)fst00969633
French and Indian War (United States : 1754-1763) (OCoLC)fst01800886
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 1700-1815
Subject Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century.
American Revolution (1775-1783) (OCoLC)fst01351668
Washington, George, 1732-1799. (OCoLC)fst00178100
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
Relations with Indians. (OCoLC)fst01354269
Indians of North America -- Government relations. (OCoLC)fst00969761
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Government relations.
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
Subject United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Indians of North America -- Wars. (OCoLC)fst00969954
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with Indians.
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Subject Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
Added Title First President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
ISBN 9780190652166 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
0190652160 (hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)
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