You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington / Alexis Coe.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780735224117
- ISBN: 0735224110
- ISBN: 9780735224100
- ISBN: 0735224102
- Physical Description: xlii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [New York, NY] : Penguin Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| 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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| Subject: | Washington, George, 1732-1799. Presidents > United States > Biography. United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789. |
| Genre: | Biographies. |
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- 27 of 28 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Marion Library | BIO WAS (Text) | 37810435783385 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
