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George Washington in the American Revolution ( 1775 - 1783 ) / (Record no. 8990)

082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 973.410924 Fle
Item number 15
092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC)
Classification number 973.410924 Fle
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Flexner, James Thomas
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title George Washington in the American Revolution ( 1775 - 1783 ) /
Statement of responsibility, etc James Thomas Flexner
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Little, Brown & Company
Date of publication, distribution, etc 1968
Place of publication, distribution, etc Boston
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvii, 599 p.
440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title His George Washington
Number of part/section of a work Volume 2
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement George Washington
Volume number/sequential designation Vol. 2
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes index
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note I. The anvil of necessity. Dark dawn of adventure --
A desperate search for advisers --
Traveler's dust --
A Virginian among New Englanders --
The war of positions --
The spreading blaze --
Foreign War or social revolution --
Providence rides a storm --
The taste of victory --
II. Fires of despair. Awaiting the blow --
The carrot and the big stick --
The enemy strikes --
If only the troops will stand by me --
Blood on the bushes --
A heavy heart --
British might displayed --
The blackest defeat --
The mutiny of General Lee --
III. The rising Phoenix. An icy river --
Where no sensible General would go --
A hopeful pessimist --
Recapture of a state --
IV. A very disagreeable dance. The enemy vanishes --
A failure of intelligence --
The prize: Philadelphia --
To bring the men to this --
V. Plots against Washington. George Washington eclipsed --
Make Washington resign --
The batteries of intrigue --
What was the Conway Cabal? --
VI. Toward a more effective army. The other Valley Forge --
General Lee rides again --
The Battle of Monmouth --
Monmouth's aftermath --
The wheel turns full circle --
VII. The French alliance. New cards in an old game --
The measure of iniquity --
The fleet that never came --
Rattlesnake Road --
Enter a Gallic army --
Tribulations of an old friend --
Treason most foul --
More education for George Washington --
The end of our tether --
Never go home again --
VIII. Another man's gamble. Forcing Washington's hand --
Down fortune's mazes --
War reduced to calculation --
The world turned upside down --
IX. The nation's most dangerous hour. But the war goes on --
Vacation without rest --
The brink of the abyss --
The road to dictatorship --
The devil's web --
X. The curtain of separation. A clouded parting --
The emptying stage --
An end and a beginning --
XI. Conclusion. Cincinnatus assayed.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc This volume is dedicated to narrating the wartime deeds and searching out the wartime emotions of the man who came from civilian life during the American Revolution to lead the Continental Army and also the whole nation down the vexed and bloody road to independence. This is an account of the adventures and emotions of an individual man: how George Washington had a great trust thrust upon him; how he handled himself and what changes experience, grievous or gay, made in his knowledge and his skills and character, and what effect all this had on the history of the United States and, indeed the world. Spanning a major gulf between the past and what was then the unexplored future. Personally gentle, uneasy about witnessing bloodshed except in the excitement of battle, he fought year after year a bloody war. A political moderate who believed in complete freedom of intellect, he argued for tolerance as he led a revolution. Washington proved at what well may have been the most crucial moment in the entire history of the United States, a defender of republican principles such as the world has rarely if ever otherwise known.
Expansion of summary note Recounts Washington's life served as commander of an amateur army during the American Revolution.
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Information code or alphabet 42901
600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name George Washington
Title of a work Biography
Dates associated with a name 1732-1799
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Generals
Source of heading or term Biography
Geographic subdivision United States
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Presidents
Source of heading or term Biography
Geographic subdivision United States
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element History
Source of heading or term Revolution
Form subdivision Biography
Chronological subdivision 1775-1783
Geographic subdivision United States
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type 900 - 999
Source of classification or shelving scheme
Holdings
Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Permanent Location Current Location Cost, normal purchase price Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Date checked out Public note
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