Author: David Humphreys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780820312934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The biography of Washington written by his close friend and military aide
David Humphreys' Life of General Washington
Author: David Humphreys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780820312934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The biography of Washington written by his close friend and military aide
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780820312934
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The biography of Washington written by his close friend and military aide
Life of General Washington
Author: David Humphreys
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820328243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The only biography authorized by Washington himself offers a rare, intimate glimpse of his life through his assumption of the presidency. The text includes remarks he made upon reading a portion of the manuscript.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820328243
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
The only biography authorized by Washington himself offers a rare, intimate glimpse of his life through his assumption of the presidency. The text includes remarks he made upon reading a portion of the manuscript.
An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major General Israel Putnam
Author: David Humphreys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
General George Washington
Author: Edward G. Lengel
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812969502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
“The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever written.” –Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellency: George Washington Based largely on George Washington’s personal papers, this engrossing book paints a vivid, factual portrait of Washington the soldier. An expert in military history, Edward Lengel demonstrates that the “secret” to Washington’s excellence lay in his completeness, in how he united the military, political, and personal skills necessary to lead a nation in war and peace. Despite being an “imperfect commander”–and at times even a tactically suspect one–Washington nevertheless possessed the requisite combination of vision, integrity, talents, and good fortune to lead America to victory in its war for independence. At once informative and engaging, and filled with some eye-opening revelations about Washington, the American Revolution, and the very nature of military command, General George Washington is a book that reintroduces readers to a figure many think they already know. “The book’s balanced assessment of Washington is satisfying and thought-provoking. Lengel gives us a believable Washington . . . the most admired man of his generation by far.” –The Washington Post Book World “A compelling picture of a man who was ‘the archetypal American soldier’ . . . The sum of his parts was the greatness of Washington.” –The Boston Globe “[An] excellent book . . . fresh insights . . . If you have room on your bookshelf for only one book on the Revolution, this may be it.” –The Washington Times
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812969502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
“The most comprehensive and authoritative study of Washington’s military career ever written.” –Joseph J. Ellis, author of His Excellency: George Washington Based largely on George Washington’s personal papers, this engrossing book paints a vivid, factual portrait of Washington the soldier. An expert in military history, Edward Lengel demonstrates that the “secret” to Washington’s excellence lay in his completeness, in how he united the military, political, and personal skills necessary to lead a nation in war and peace. Despite being an “imperfect commander”–and at times even a tactically suspect one–Washington nevertheless possessed the requisite combination of vision, integrity, talents, and good fortune to lead America to victory in its war for independence. At once informative and engaging, and filled with some eye-opening revelations about Washington, the American Revolution, and the very nature of military command, General George Washington is a book that reintroduces readers to a figure many think they already know. “The book’s balanced assessment of Washington is satisfying and thought-provoking. Lengel gives us a believable Washington . . . the most admired man of his generation by far.” –The Washington Post Book World “A compelling picture of a man who was ‘the archetypal American soldier’ . . . The sum of his parts was the greatness of Washington.” –The Boston Globe “[An] excellent book . . . fresh insights . . . If you have room on your bookshelf for only one book on the Revolution, this may be it.” –The Washington Times
George Washington Remembers
Author: George Washington
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742533721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"George Washington Remembers makes this very personal and little-known document available for the first time and offers a glimpse of Washington in a self-reflective mood - a side of the man seldom seen in his other writings.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742533721
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
"George Washington Remembers makes this very personal and little-known document available for the first time and offers a glimpse of Washington in a self-reflective mood - a side of the man seldom seen in his other writings.
David Humphrey's Life of General Washington
Author: David Humphreys
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722289396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780722289396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Poem, Addressed to the Armies of the United States of America
Author: David Humphreys
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
George Washington's Journey
Author: T.H. Breen
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451675445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This is George Washington in the surprising role of political strategist. T.H. Breen introduces us to a George Washington we rarely meet. During his first term as president, he decided that the only way to fulfill the Revolution was to take the new federal government directly to the people. He organized an extraordinary journey carrying him to all thirteen states. It transformed American political culture. For Washington, the stakes were high. If the nation fragmented, as it had almost done after the war, it could never become the strong, independent nation for which he had fought. In scores of communities, he communicated a powerful and enduring message—that America was now a nation, not a loose collection of states. And the people responded to his invitation in ways that he could never have predicted.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451675445
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
This is George Washington in the surprising role of political strategist. T.H. Breen introduces us to a George Washington we rarely meet. During his first term as president, he decided that the only way to fulfill the Revolution was to take the new federal government directly to the people. He organized an extraordinary journey carrying him to all thirteen states. It transformed American political culture. For Washington, the stakes were high. If the nation fragmented, as it had almost done after the war, it could never become the strong, independent nation for which he had fought. In scores of communities, he communicated a powerful and enduring message—that America was now a nation, not a loose collection of states. And the people responded to his invitation in ways that he could never have predicted.
Washington's End
Author: Jonathan Horn
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501154249
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn “provides a captivating and enlightening look at George Washington’s post-presidential life and the politically divided country that was part of his legacy” (New York Journal of Books). Beginning where most biographies of George Washington leave off, Washington’s End opens with the first president exiting office after eight years and entering what would become the most bewildering stage of his life. Embittered by partisan criticism and eager to return to his farm, Washington assumed a role for which there was no precedent at a time when the kings across the ocean yielded their crowns only upon losing their heads. In a different sense, Washington would lose his head, too. In this riveting read, bestselling author Jonathan Horn reveals that the quest to surrender power proved more difficult than Washington imagined and brought his life to an end he never expected. The statesman who had staked his legacy on withdrawing from public life would feud with his successors and find himself drawn back into military command. The patriarch who had dedicated his life to uniting his country would leave his name to a new capital city destined to become synonymous with political divisions. A “movable feast of a book” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author of 1944), immaculately researched, and powerfully told through the eyes not only of Washington but also of his family members, friends, and foes, Washington’s End is “an outstanding biographical work on one of America’s most prominent leaders (Library Journal).
Publisher: Scribner
ISBN: 1501154249
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Popular historian and former White House speechwriter Jonathan Horn “provides a captivating and enlightening look at George Washington’s post-presidential life and the politically divided country that was part of his legacy” (New York Journal of Books). Beginning where most biographies of George Washington leave off, Washington’s End opens with the first president exiting office after eight years and entering what would become the most bewildering stage of his life. Embittered by partisan criticism and eager to return to his farm, Washington assumed a role for which there was no precedent at a time when the kings across the ocean yielded their crowns only upon losing their heads. In a different sense, Washington would lose his head, too. In this riveting read, bestselling author Jonathan Horn reveals that the quest to surrender power proved more difficult than Washington imagined and brought his life to an end he never expected. The statesman who had staked his legacy on withdrawing from public life would feud with his successors and find himself drawn back into military command. The patriarch who had dedicated his life to uniting his country would leave his name to a new capital city destined to become synonymous with political divisions. A “movable feast of a book” (Jay Winik, New York Times bestselling author of 1944), immaculately researched, and powerfully told through the eyes not only of Washington but also of his family members, friends, and foes, Washington’s End is “an outstanding biographical work on one of America’s most prominent leaders (Library Journal).
Silver for General Washington
Author: Enid La Monte Meadowcroft
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Valley Forge (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A twelve year old boy participates in the battle of Valley Forge in the Revolutionary War.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Valley Forge (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
A twelve year old boy participates in the battle of Valley Forge in the Revolutionary War.