George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry

, by Hofstra, Warren R.; Chase, Philander D.; Fausz, J Federick; Ferling, John E.; Higginbotham, Don; Mitchell, Robert D.; Ragsdale, Bruce A.; Twohig, Dorothy

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ISBN: 9780945612506 | 0945612508
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 3/1/1998

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This collection of essays written by prestigious Washington scholars examines the role that geography and the diverse inhabitants of this frontier play in molding Washington's life, temperament, and politics.

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Preface
The Making of George Washington	p. 3
Young Washington's Virginia: Opportunity in the "Golden Age" of a Planter Society	p. 35
"Over the Hills and Far Away": George Washington and the Changing Virginia Backcountry	p. 63
"A Parcel of Barbarian's and an Uncooth Set of People": Settlers and Settlements of the Shenandoah Valley	p. 87
"Engaged in Enterprises Pregnant with Terror": George Washington's Formative Years among the Indians	p. 115
A Stake in the West: George Washington as Backcountry Surveyor and Landholder	p. 159
School for Command: Young George Washington and the Virginia Regiment	p. 195
George Washington and Revolutionary Asceticism: The Localist as Nationalist	p. 223
Contributors	p. 251
Index	p. 255
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