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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Coe, Alexis, author.     Subjects     Washington, George, 1732-1799.     Presidents -- United States -- Biography.     United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Coe, Alexis, author.       by title:      You never forget you...         MARC Display

You never forget your first : a biography of George Washington / Alexis Coe. by Coe, Alexis, author. [New York] : Viking, [2020] Subjects Washington, George, 1732-1799.   Presidents -- United States -- Biography.   United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1789. ISBN:  9780735224100 (hardcover) : 0735224102 (hardcover) : Description:  xl, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 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 -- 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". Requests:  0 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."--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 973.41094 Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Biography B Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 973.41092 Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Makawao Public Library Adult Biography B Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Manoa Public Library Adult Biography B Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Biography B Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList Pearl City Public Library Adult Biography 973.41092 Washington Co Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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