George Washington: A Life in Books

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2017
Author
Author: Kevin J. Hayes
Language
English
Number of Pages
390 pp.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
City
New York, NY
Region
United States
Library Type
Private/Personal Library
Chronological Period
18th century
ISBN
9780190456672
Annotation

Uses Washington's letters, diaries, and his book collection to reconstruct his intellectual life and efforts at self-improvement. 

Contents: 

  • Meditations and Contemplations
  • Every Boy His Own Teacher
  • Exemplars
  • Travel Writing
  • The Journal of Major George Washington
  • A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts
  • Home and Garden
  • George Washington, Bibliographer
  • The Education of John Parke Custis
  • Revolutionary Pamphlets
  • Common Sense and Independence
  • A Green Baize Bookcase
  • Planning for Retirement
  • Haven of History
  • The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon
  • Politics and the Picaresque
  • Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature
  • Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress
  • Farewell Address
  • Home at Last
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