Author: Gary S. Williams
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476693013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Though much has been written about the American Revolution, much less has been written on its western front. The war effort west of the Appalachians consisted of fewer than 1,000 Continental troops trying to wrest control of 250,000 square miles of forest from a small number of British troops and their Indian allies fighting to keep the land. The garrison at Fort Pitt in Western Pennsylvania comprised the bulk of federal forces in the west, paltry armies serving under abysmal conditions, and with little success. Despite this, a colorful collection of heroes and leaders emerged who endured long enough to establish a presence that facilitated future westward expansion for the United States. This book presents this underreported and unique conflict in full historical detail, with an emphasis on Washington's personal experience in the west and his relationship with Continental Army officers he selected to command his Western Department.
Washington's Western Department
Author: Gary S. Williams
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476693013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Though much has been written about the American Revolution, much less has been written on its western front. The war effort west of the Appalachians consisted of fewer than 1,000 Continental troops trying to wrest control of 250,000 square miles of forest from a small number of British troops and their Indian allies fighting to keep the land. The garrison at Fort Pitt in Western Pennsylvania comprised the bulk of federal forces in the west, paltry armies serving under abysmal conditions, and with little success. Despite this, a colorful collection of heroes and leaders emerged who endured long enough to establish a presence that facilitated future westward expansion for the United States. This book presents this underreported and unique conflict in full historical detail, with an emphasis on Washington's personal experience in the west and his relationship with Continental Army officers he selected to command his Western Department.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476693013
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Though much has been written about the American Revolution, much less has been written on its western front. The war effort west of the Appalachians consisted of fewer than 1,000 Continental troops trying to wrest control of 250,000 square miles of forest from a small number of British troops and their Indian allies fighting to keep the land. The garrison at Fort Pitt in Western Pennsylvania comprised the bulk of federal forces in the west, paltry armies serving under abysmal conditions, and with little success. Despite this, a colorful collection of heroes and leaders emerged who endured long enough to establish a presence that facilitated future westward expansion for the United States. This book presents this underreported and unique conflict in full historical detail, with an emphasis on Washington's personal experience in the west and his relationship with Continental Army officers he selected to command his Western Department.
Geology Underfoot in Western Washington
Author: David Samuel Tucker
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780878426409
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Geology Underfoot in Western Washington, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, author and geoscientist Dave Tucker narrates western Washington�s geologic tales, covering sites from it�s low-lying shorelines to its rugged mountaintops. The book�s 22 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along Washington�s highways�and some trails, too.
Publisher: Mountain Press
ISBN: 9780878426409
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In Geology Underfoot in Western Washington, the most recent addition to the Geology Underfoot series, author and geoscientist Dave Tucker narrates western Washington�s geologic tales, covering sites from it�s low-lying shorelines to its rugged mountaintops. The book�s 22 chapters, or vignettes, lead you to easily accessible stops along Washington�s highways�and some trails, too.
Mutiny on the Rising Sun
Author: Jared Ross Hardesty
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479830984
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Mutiny on the Rising Sun is a deeply human history of smuggling that demonstrates how interconnected the future United States was with the wider world, how illegal trade created markets for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were key factors in the development of American capitalism.
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1479830984
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
Mutiny on the Rising Sun is a deeply human history of smuggling that demonstrates how interconnected the future United States was with the wider world, how illegal trade created markets for exotic products like chocolate, and how slavery and smuggling were key factors in the development of American capitalism.
Thinking like a Linguist
Author: Jordan B. Sandoval
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107183928
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Integrated practice and discovery problems in various languages encourage students to think analytically and scientifically about language.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107183928
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 251
Book Description
Integrated practice and discovery problems in various languages encourage students to think analytically and scientifically about language.
Twisted Words
Author: KATHERINE JUDITH. ANDERSON
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814258279
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Applies critical terrorism studies to fiction by Eliot, Trollope, and others to argue that Victorians ushered in our modern definition of torture as a tool of the state.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780814258279
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Applies critical terrorism studies to fiction by Eliot, Trollope, and others to argue that Victorians ushered in our modern definition of torture as a tool of the state.
Washington's Farewell Address
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Indian World of George Washington
Author: Colin G. Calloway
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190652187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
George Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and farmer, to colonial soldier in the Virginia Regiment, leader of the Patriot cause, commander of the Continental Army, and finally first president of the United States--reflects the narrative of the nation he guided into existence. There is, rightfully, no more chronicled figure. Yet American history has largely forgotten what Washington himself knew clearly: that the new Republic's fate depended less on grand rhetoric of independence and self-governance and more on land--Indian land. Colin G. Calloway's biography of the greatest founding father reveals in full the relationship between Washington and the Native leaders he dealt with intimately across the decades: Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Guyasuta, Attakullakulla, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Cornplanter, Red Jacket, and Little Turtle, among many others. Using the prism of Washington's life to bring focus to these figures and the tribes they represented--the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware--Calloway reveals how central their role truly was in Washington's, and therefore the nation's, foundational narrative. Calloway gives the First Americans their due, revealing the full extent and complexity of the relationships between the man who rose to become the nation's most powerful figure and those whose power and dominion declined in almost equal degree during his lifetime. His book invites us to look at America's origins in a new light. The Indian World of George Washington is a brilliant portrait of both the most revered man in American history and those whose story during the tumultuous century in which the country was formed has, until now, been only partially told.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190652187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
George Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and farmer, to colonial soldier in the Virginia Regiment, leader of the Patriot cause, commander of the Continental Army, and finally first president of the United States--reflects the narrative of the nation he guided into existence. There is, rightfully, no more chronicled figure. Yet American history has largely forgotten what Washington himself knew clearly: that the new Republic's fate depended less on grand rhetoric of independence and self-governance and more on land--Indian land. Colin G. Calloway's biography of the greatest founding father reveals in full the relationship between Washington and the Native leaders he dealt with intimately across the decades: Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Guyasuta, Attakullakulla, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Cornplanter, Red Jacket, and Little Turtle, among many others. Using the prism of Washington's life to bring focus to these figures and the tribes they represented--the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware--Calloway reveals how central their role truly was in Washington's, and therefore the nation's, foundational narrative. Calloway gives the First Americans their due, revealing the full extent and complexity of the relationships between the man who rose to become the nation's most powerful figure and those whose power and dominion declined in almost equal degree during his lifetime. His book invites us to look at America's origins in a new light. The Indian World of George Washington is a brilliant portrait of both the most revered man in American history and those whose story during the tumultuous century in which the country was formed has, until now, been only partially told.
The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799
Author: George Washington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
Directory of Federal and State Departments and Agencies in Washington
Author: National Emergency Council (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation
Author: George Washington
Publisher: Bnpublishing.Com
ISBN: 9789562911771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher: Bnpublishing.Com
ISBN: 9789562911771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description