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You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington
- Title
- You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington / Alexis Coe.
- Author
- Coe, Alexis
- Publication
- [New York, New York] : Viking, [2020]
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Details
- Description
- xl, 261 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he's not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. Coe focuses on his activities off the battlefield--like espionage and propaganda. After an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War, Washington once again shocked the world by giving up power, only to learn his compatriots wouldn't allow it. The founders pressured him into the presidency--twice. He established enduring norms but left office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty finally confronted his greatest hypocrisy--what to do with the hundreds of men, women, and children he owned--before succumbing to a brutal death. Alexis Coe combines rigorous research and unsentimental storytelling, finally separating the man from the legend."--
- Subjects
- Presidents
- United States
- Presidents > United States > Biography
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- Biographies
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Politics and government
- United States > Politics and government > 1783-1789
- 1783-1789
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index.
- Contents
- His Mother's Son -- "Pleases My Taste" -- "The World on Fire" -- "Blow out my brains" -- The Widow Custis -- "I Cannot Speak Plainer" -- "What Manner of Man I Am" -- "The Shackles of Slavery" -- Hardball with the Howe Brothers -- The Court of Public Opinion -- George Washington, Agent 711 -- Eight Years Away -- "From Whence No Traveller Returns" -- Unretirement -- The Presidency; or, "The Place of His Execution" -- Infant Nation -- "Political Suicide" -- Farewell to "Cunning, Ambitious, and Unprincipled Men" -- Final Retirement -- " 'Tis Well".
- Call Number
- JFE 20-6036
- ISBN
- 9780735224100
- 0735224102
- 9780735224124 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019045005
- 40029794700
- OCLC
- 1107443846
- Author
- Coe, Alexis, author.
- Title
- You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington / Alexis Coe.
- Publisher
- [New York, New York] : Viking, [2020]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1783-1789
- Other Form:
- Online version: Coe, Alexis, You never forget your first [New York] : Viking, [2020] 9780735224124 (DLC) 2019045006
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40029794700
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-6036