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100	1		_aChernow, Ron.
245	1	0	_aWashington : _ba life / _cRon Chernow.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2010.
300			_axxi, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [859]-867) and index.
505	0		_aPrelude: the portrait artist -- PART ONE: The frontiersman. A short-lived family -- Fortune's favorite -- Wilderness mission -- Bloodbath -- Shades of death -- The soul of an army -- A votary to love -- Darling of a grateful country -- PART TWO: The planter. The man of mode -- A certain species of property -- The prodigy -- Providence -- A world of his own -- The Asiatic prince -- A shock of electricity -- PART THREE: The general. The glorious game -- Magnificent bluff -- Land of freedom -- The heights -- All London afloat -- Disaster -- An indecisive mind -- The crossing -- The busy scenes of a camp -- Darkness visible -- Rapping a demigod over the knuckles -- A dreary kind of place -- The long retreat -- Pests of society -- The storm thickens -- The traitor -- Mutiny -- Plundering scoundrels -- The world turned upside down -- Man of moderation -- Closing the drama with applause -- Cincinnatus -- PART FOUR: The statesman. American celebrity -- Gentleman farmer -- Devil's bargain -- The ruins of the past -- A masterly hand -- A house on fire -- Rising sun -- Mounting the seat -- PART FIVE: The president. The place of execution -- Acting the presidency -- The cares of office -- Rays of genius -- The traveling presidency -- The state of the president -- Capital matters -- Southern exposure -- Running into extremes -- A tissue of machinations -- Citizen Genet -- Bring out your dead -- Hercules in the field -- Crowns and coronets -- Mad dog -- The colossus of the people -- The master of farewells -- Exiting the stage -- PART SIX:The legend. Samson and Solomon -- A mind on the stretch -- Freedom -- Homecoming.
520			_aIn "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.
600	1	0	_aWashington, George, _d1732-1799.
650		0	_aPresidents _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aGenerals _zUnited States _vBiography.
651		0	_aUnited States _xHistory _y1783-1815.
856	4	2	_3Contributor biographical information _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-b.html
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-d.html
856	4	1	_3Sample text _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010019154-s.html
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