02700nam 2200493 450 991016270650332120221227084501.00-300-22989-510.12987/9780300229899(CKB)3710000001044025(DE-B1597)540511(DE-B1597)9780300229899(MiAaPQ)EBC5268826(OCoLC)971528277(Au-PeEL)EBL5268826(CaONFJC)MIL990513(MiAaPQ)EBC7022389(Au-PeEL)EBL7022389(EXLCZ)99371000000104402520221227d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGeorge Washington the wonder of the age /John RhodehamelNew Haven ;London :Yale University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (368 p.)0-300-21997-0 Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-332) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Look Around You -- 2. Powerful Ambitions, Powerful Friends -- 3. War for North America -- 4. The Rise of George Washington -- 5. "Because We Are Americans" -- 6. Winter Soldier -- 7. Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth -- 8. The Great Man: Yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis -- 9. "The Destiny of Unborn Millions" -- 10. "On Untrodden Ground": The First Term -- 11. The Age of Passion: The Second Term -- 12. "The Debt Which All Must Pay" -- Notes -- Index"The only Washington biography you need."-Wall Street Journal As editor of the award-winning Library of America collection of George Washington's writings and a curator of the great man's original papers, John Rhodehamel has established himself as an authority of our nation's preeminent founding father. In this "crisply written, admirably concise, and never superficial" biography (Fergus M. Bordewich, Wall Street Journal) Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man-who first achieved fame in his early twenties-is inextricably bound to his mythic status. Solidly grounded in Washington's papers and exemplary in its brevity, this approachable biography is a superb introduction to the leader whose name has become synonymous with America.PresidentsUnited StatesBiographyPresidents973.41092Rhodehamel John H.262146MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162706503321George Washington2884432UNINA