George Washington : the wonder of the age / John Rhodehamel.
By: Rhodehamel, John H [author.]
.Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2017Description: 353 pages.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300219975.Other title: Wonder of the age.Subject(s): 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 -- 1789-1797DDC classification: 920 | Item type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | House of Lords Library - Palace Dewey | 920 WAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 016509 |
1. Look around you -- 2. Powerful ambitions, powerful friends -- 3. War for North America -- 4. The rise of George Washington -- 5. "Because we are Americans" -- 6. Winter soldier -- 7. Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth -- 8. The great man: Yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis -- 9. "The destiny of unborn millions" -- 10. "On untrodden ground": the first term -- 11. The age of passion: the second term -- 12. "The debt which all must pay".
"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" -- Taken from dust jacket.