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Travels with George, in search of Washington and his legacy, Nathaniel Philbrick

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Travels with George, in search of Washington and his legacy, Nathaniel Philbrick

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-548) and index

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contains biographical information

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Travels with George

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1281707490

Responsibility statement

Nathaniel Philbrick

Sub title

in search of Washington and his legacy

Summary

Written at a moment when America's founding figures are under increasing scrutiny, the author, retracing George Washington's journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, paints a picture of eighteenth-century America as divided and fraught as it is today

Table Of Contents

Loomings -- Mount Vernon -- "Wreaths and chaplets of flowers" -- New York -- Dreaming of George Washington -- "Only a man" -- Turf wars -- "A child of God" -- The middle road home -- The spies of Long Island -- Newport -- Providence -- Terra incognita -- The fellowship of the past -- "Follow the yellow brick road -- "Eleven o'clock Sunday morning -- "A cat may look on a king" -- Muddy freshets -- "The devil's own roads" -- Epilogue. The view from the mountain

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In search of Washington and his legacy

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