Synopses & Reviews
In this first encyclopedic work devoted exclusively to George Washington, the range of subjects discussed is not limited to the conventional inquiries into Washington's roles as military leader and first president, but includes much about his personal and family life, his landholdings and business dealings, and his many correspondents.
An excellent example of primary source research, this encyclopedia offers an A Z retrospective of George Washington's life, career, and historical significance, based in large part on Washington's own words and those of his contemporaries.
Features
Includes people that played a seminal role in Washington's life: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Hancock, Robert Dinwiddie, James Rumsey
Explores Washington's many business interests: Distillery, Fisheries, Great Kanawha Tracts, Mount Vernon, Surveying
Covers Washington's extended career in public service: appointment as Commander in Chief, Potomac River Navigation, Presidency, Virginia Regiment
Includes a wealth of primary source documents, a detailed chronology, related appendixes, and a bibliography
Review
" … a well-written and highly accessible reference tool." - American Reference Books Annual
Review
"…In the only encyclopedic works devoted to these presidents entries for people, events, and concepts are presented in an accessible A-Z format. Authoritative…these attractive volumes would work for students at the high-school level and up.'
[Combined review of Andrew Johnson and James Polk in the Biographical CompanionS≪/B> series]" - Booklist
Synopsis
In this first encyclopedic work devoted exclusively to George Washington, the range of subjects discussed is not limited to the conventional inquiries into Washington's roles as military leader and first president, but includes much about his personal and family life, his landholdings, business dealings, and his many correspondents.
Synopsis
Includes bibliographical references (p. 413-418) and index.
Synopsis
This encyclopedia offers an A-Z retrospective of George Washington's life, career, and historical significance, based in large part on Washington's own words and those of his contemporaries.
Synopsis
• The first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to George Washington
• An excellent reference for students learning about both history and the craft of biography
• Covers not only Washington's military and political careers, but also his personal and family life, his business dealings, and his correspondence
Synopsis
• Includes people who played a seminal role in Washington's life: Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Hancock, Robert Dinwiddie, James Rumsey, and others
• Explores Washington's many business interests: distillery, fisheries, Great Kanawha tracts, Mount Vernon, surveying
Synopsis
George Washington dominated his era like few other Americans. Yet the complexity of the historic events he was involved in and the sheer magnitude of his correspondence—the most voluminous in colonial America—can be overwhelming for researchers.
The goal of this volume is to make the larger-than-life figure of George Washington accessible to modern researchers. In its 200 entries readers will discover a detailed and surprising portrait. Washington was not a cold, aloof, and unknowable man, but was extremely convivial by nature; a general who commanded the Continental army without pay but was a better administrator than military strategist; a man of deeds whose appearance was, according to one contemporary, "truly noble and majestic;" a man known to his contemporaries for his complete honesty.
Table of Contents
Introduction -- George Washington -- Selected writings -- Chronology.