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George Washington : first in war, first in peace
Item details
- ISBN: 0765310694
- ISBN: 9780765310699
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Physical Description:
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239 p. ; 20 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Forge Books, 2005.
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | "A Tom Doherty Associates book." |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Foreword / Dale L. Walker -- "I Can Read Three or Four Pages Sometimes Without Missing a Word" -- George Washington and the Cherry Tree -- "A Charming Field for an Encounter" -- "I Heard the Bullets Whistle... There Is Something Charming in the Sound" -- "I Would Be a Willing Offering to Savage Fury" -- "Enquire...in the Neighborhood, & Get Some Egg's and Chickens" -- "Some Thing Shou'd Be Done to...Maintain...Liberty" -- "I Do Not Think My-Self Equal to the Command I Am Honored With" -- "We Are Determined to Shake Off All Connexions with a State So Unjust" -- Martha Washington -- "Good God! Have I Got Such Troops as These?" -- "I Am Now Convinced...This Army Must...Starve, Dissolve, or Disperse" -- "My Temper Leads Me to Peace and Harmony with All Men" -- "Unless Congress Speaks in a More Decisive Tone...Our Cause Is Lost" -- "A Reduction of the British Army...Is Most Happily Effected" -- Benedict Arnold -- "With a Heart Full of...Gratitude, I Now Take Leave of You" -- "I Am at Length Become a Private Citizen...on the Banks of the Patowmac" -- George Washington on Slavery -- "If Nothing Had Been Agreed On...Anarchy Would Soon Have Ensued" -- "I Entered upon My Administration...with the Best Intentions" -- "Frequent Incursions Have Been Made on Our Frontier" -- "Differences in Political Opinions Are...Unavoidable" -- "We...Cannot Deny...the Right Whereon Our Own Government Is Founded" -- "A Mission Like This...Will Announce...Solicitude for Friendly Adjustment" -- "I Have, with Good Intentions, Contributed Towards the...Government". |
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