MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 03206cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2010019154
003 DLC
005 20150501080551.0
008 100510s2010 nyuaf b 001 0beng
010 $a 2010019154
020 $a9781594202667
020 $a1594202664
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn535490473
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dYDXCP$dUPZ$dC#P$dBWX$dCDX$dNSB$dLMR$dVP@$dLML$dMNW$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE312$b.C495 2010
082 00 $a973.4/1092$aB$222
100 1 $aChernow, Ron.
245 10 $aWashington :$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 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$y1783-1815.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1106/2010019154-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010019154-s.html