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You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington Cover Image Book

You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington / Alexis Coe.

Coe, Alexis, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780735224117
  • ISBN: 0735224110
  • ISBN: 9780735224100
  • ISBN: 0735224102
  • Physical Description: xlii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Penguin Books, 2021.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
You never forget your first: but you do misremember him -- Introduction: The thigh men of Dad history -- part 1. Reluctant rebel. His mother's son -- "Pleases my taste" -- "The world on fire" -- "Blow out my brains" -- The Widow Custis -- "I cannot speak plainer" -- "What manner of man I am" -- "The shackles of slavery" -- part 2. General George Washington's American Revolution: off the battlefied. Hardball with the Howe brothers -- The court of public opinion -- George Washington, Agent 711 -- Eight years away -- "From whence no traveller returns" -- part 3. Mr. President. Unretirement -- The Presidency; or, "The place of his execution" -- Infant nation -- "Political suicide" -- Farewell to "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men" -- part 5. "I die hard." Final Retirement -- " 'Tis well" -- Epilogue.

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