Travels with George [large print] : in search of Washington and his legacy / Nathaniel Philbrick.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593460214
- ISBN: 0593460219
- Physical Description: xxi, 578 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: large print, 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-548) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | LP 973.41 PHI (Text) | 37810435535702 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Albert Carlton - Cashiers Community Library | LP 973.4 P (Text) | 39493110043256 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/14/2026 |
| Beaufort Main | LP 973.4 PHILB (Text) | 34208400009295 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | LP 973.41092 PHI (Text) | 0020513079978 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | 973.41 P (Text) | 33258009528998 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Moore County Library | LGPT 973.4 PHI (Text) | 48198001152772 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Person County Library | LP 973.41 PHI (Text) | 34622001569244 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Checked out | 08/14/2026 |
| Reynolda Manor Branch | LP 973.4 P 2021 (Text) | 0112400008044 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Southside Branch | LP 973.4 P 2021 (Text) | 0112400008036 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
| Watauga County Public Library | LP 973.4 PHI (Text) | 50502011629262 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
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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.
