Life of George Washington, Količina 1G. P. Putnam, 1860 - 821 strani Written in the unmistakable prose of Washington Irving, author of?The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and?Rip Van Winkle, Life of Washington is a detailed biography of the first President of the United States.?Captivated by the man whose name he was given, Irving spent most of the later years of his life researching the Revolutionary War hero and statesman. The in-depth biography includes individual chapters on each battle where General Washington was involved as well as lengthy passages about Mount Vernon, Washington's home. Completed just five months before Irving's death, the volume became a great addition to his canon and an accurate tribute to George Washington. |
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... forward as the crowning effort of his literary career . The idea of writing a life of Washington entered at an early day into his mind . It was especially pressed upon his attention nearly thirty years ago while he was in Europe , by a ...
... forward as the crowning effort of his literary career . The idea of writing a life of Washington entered at an early day into his mind . It was especially pressed upon his attention nearly thirty years ago while he was in Europe , by a ...
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... forward until they struck the south - east fork of Beaver Creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of Murdering Town ; probably the scene of some Indian massacre . Here Washington , in planning his route , had ' intended to leave ...
... forward until they struck the south - east fork of Beaver Creek , at a place bearing the sinister name of Murdering Town ; probably the scene of some Indian massacre . Here Washington , in planning his route , had ' intended to leave ...
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... forward all the flour he could furnish . News came of the death of Colonel Fry at Wills ' Creek , and that he was to be succeeded in the command of the expedition by Colonel Innes of North Carolina , who was actually at Winchester with ...
... forward all the flour he could furnish . News came of the death of Colonel Fry at Wills ' Creek , and that he was to be succeeded in the command of the expedition by Colonel Innes of North Carolina , who was actually at Winchester with ...
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... forward for the Great Meadows . * arrived in the evening ; the foraging parties the next morning . A council of war was held , in | which the idea of awaiting the enemy at this place was unanimously abandoned . Mollem de . THE NIGHT ...
... forward for the Great Meadows . * arrived in the evening ; the foraging parties the next morning . A council of war was held , in | which the idea of awaiting the enemy at this place was unanimously abandoned . Mollem de . THE NIGHT ...
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... forward to bring him an account of the nature of the at- tack . Without waiting for his return the gen- eral himself , finding the turmoil increase , moved forward , leaving Sir Peter Halket with the command of the baggage . * The van ...
... forward to bring him an account of the nature of the at- tack . Without waiting for his return the gen- eral himself , finding the turmoil increase , moved forward , leaving Sir Peter Halket with the command of the baggage . * The van ...
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