The Life of George Washington, Količina 2Cosimo, Inc., 1. avg. 2005 - 416 strani Author Washington Irving believed this, his monumental biography of America's first great military hero and president, to be his finest literary achievement. Indeed, it is a masterful work, a superlative life of George Washington, and stood as a definitive text long after its 1860 publication.Volume II explores the early skirmishes of the American Revolution, including the Battle of Long Island and its disastrous aftermath and the famous Christmas morning crossing of the Delaware, as well as Washington's relationship with the Marquis de Lafayette.WASHINGTON IRVING (1783-1859) was born in New York City to Scottish immigrant parents. Considered by some the "Father of American Literature," Irving is best known for his short stories, including "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle," but he also produced an extensive bibliography of essays, poems, travel books, and biographies. |
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CHAPTER VII | 53 |
CHAPTER VIII | 61 |
Gates Sent to Philadelphia with the Canada DispatchesPro | 66 |
CHAPTER XI | 75 |
CHAPTER XXX | 211 |
Washington Clothed with Additional PowersRecruitment | 222 |
CHAPTER XXXII | 237 |
CHAPTER XXXIV | 244 |
CHAPTER XXXV | 256 |
PAGE | 263 |
CHAPTER XXXVII | 272 |
Foreign Officers Candidates for Situations in the ArmyDifficulties | 282 |
CHAPTER XIII | 85 |
Precautions Against ToriesSecret Committees Declaration | 94 |
CHAPTER XVI | 100 |
CHAPTER XVII | 108 |
CHAPTER XIX | 121 |
CHAPTER XX | 134 |
Long Island in Possession of the EnemyDistressed Situation | 139 |
CHAPTER XXII | 146 |
CHAPTER XXIII | 152 |
CHAPTER XXIV | 164 |
Army ArrangementsWashington at White PlainsThe Enemy | 170 |
Conjectures as to the Intentions of the EnemyConsequent Precau | 179 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 185 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 198 |
Schuyler on the Point of ResigningCommittee of Inquiry Report | 292 |
CHAPTER XLI | 298 |
Feigned Movements of Sir William Howe Baffling Caution | 307 |
CHAPTER XLIII | 314 |
Particulars of the EvacuationIndian Scouts in the Vicinity | 324 |
CHAPTER XLV | 332 |
CHAPTER XLVI | 340 |
CHAPTER XLVIII | 351 |
CHAPTER L | 363 |
CHAPTER LI | 372 |
CHAPTER LII | 378 |
General Howe Neglects to Pursue his AdvantageWashington | 389 |
CHAPTER LIV | 395 |
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Stran 17 - Could I have foreseen the difficulties, which have come upon us; could I have known, that such a backwardness would have been discovered in the old soldiers to the service, all the generals upon earth should not have convinced me of the propriety of delaying an attack upon Boston till this time.