Washington's revolution : the making of a leader / Robert Middlekauf.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2015Description: xvi, 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781101874233
  • 1101874236
  • 9781101874240 (eBook)
  • 1101874244 (eBook)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • E 312.25 .M54 2015
Contents:
Part I. Virginian -- Prologue: the young Washington's world -- Young Washington -- The making of a soldier -- From planter to patriot -- Part II. American -- Boston -- New York -- The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 -- Valley Forge -- Part III. Citizen of the world -- Citizen of the world -- Weary but resolute -- Mutiny and rallying the French -- Yorktown -- The end of the war -- Epilogue: return to Virginia.
Summary: Presents a portrait of the formative years that shaped the first American President and offers detailed psychological insights into his beliefs, passions and patriotism.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Part I. Virginian -- Prologue: the young Washington's world -- Young Washington -- The making of a soldier -- From planter to patriot -- Part II. American -- Boston -- New York -- The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777 -- Valley Forge -- Part III. Citizen of the world -- Citizen of the world -- Weary but resolute -- Mutiny and rallying the French -- Yorktown -- The end of the war -- Epilogue: return to Virginia.

Presents a portrait of the formative years that shaped the first American President and offers detailed psychological insights into his beliefs, passions and patriotism.

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