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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... Town - A Startling Discov- ery - Scarcity of Powder in the Camp - Its Perilous Situat on - Economy of Ammunition ... Town Besieged - Plan of an Escalado - Attack of the Lower Town - Montgomery in the Advance - His Death - Retreat of ...
... Town - A Startling Discov- ery - Scarcity of Powder in the Camp - Its Perilous Situat on - Economy of Ammunition ... Town Besieged - Plan of an Escalado - Attack of the Lower Town - Montgomery in the Advance - His Death - Retreat of ...
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... town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar maples on the ...
... town of Winchester . In a diary kept with his usual minuteness , Washington speaks with delight of the beauty of the trees and the richness of the land in the neighborhood , and of his riding through a noble grove of sugar maples on the ...
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... town of Piqua . These journeyings had carried Gist about a At Beaver Creek , a few miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present State of Ohio . Here he overtook George Croghan at Muskingum , a town ...
... town of Piqua . These journeyings had carried Gist about a At Beaver Creek , a few miles below the village , he left the river and struck into the interior of the present State of Ohio . Here he overtook George Croghan at Muskingum , a town ...
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... town , at the appointed time . The chiefs of the Six Nations declined to attend . " It is not our custom , " said they proudly , " to meet to treat of affairs in the woods and weeds . If the Governor of Virginia wants to speak ' with us ...
... town , at the appointed time . The chiefs of the Six Nations declined to attend . " It is not our custom , " said they proudly , " to meet to treat of affairs in the woods and weeds . If the Governor of Virginia wants to speak ' with us ...
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... town of the Twightwees , where Gist were likely to be supported . and Croghan had been so well received by the Miamis , and the French flag struck in the council house . All now was reversed . The place had been attacked by the French ...
... town of the Twightwees , where Gist were likely to be supported . and Croghan had been so well received by the Miamis , and the French flag struck in the council house . All now was reversed . The place had been attacked by the French ...
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