Travels with George : in search of Washington and his legacy / Nathaniel Philbrick.
Title:
Travels with George : in search of Washington and his legacy / Nathaniel Philbrick.
ISBN:
9780525562177
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Publication Information:
New York : Viking, [2021]
Physical Description:
xviii, 374 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents:
Part I : inauguration. Loomings -- Mount Vernon -- "Wreaths and chaplets of flowers" -- New York -- Part II : New England. Dreaming of George Washington -- "Only a man" -- Turf wars -- "A child of God" -- The middle road home -- Part III : into the storm. The spies of Long Island -- Newport -- Providence -- Part IV : South. 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.
Summary:
"Does George Washington still matter? Bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick argues for Washington's unique contribution to the forging of America by retracing his journey as a new president through all thirteen former colonies, which were now an unsure nation. Travels with George marks a new first-person voice for Philbrick, weaving history and personal reflection into a single narrative... Written at a moment when America's founding figures are under increasing scrutiny, Travels with George grapples bluntly and honestly with Washington's legacy as a man of the people, a reluctant president, and a plantation owner who held people in slavery"--Publisher's webpage.
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OCLC Number:
on1237806867
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