The Life of George WashingtonSimon and Schuster, 8. jan. 2015 - 356 strani Washington Irving's Life of George Washington (published in five volumes in 1856-59) was the product of his last years and remains his most personal work. Christened with the name of the great general, Irving was blessed by Washington while still a boy of seven, and later came to know many of the prominent figures of the Revolution. In these pages he describes them using firsthand source material and observation. The result is a book which is fascinating not only for its subject (the American Revolution), but also for how it reveals in illuminating detail the personality and humanity of a now remote, towering icon. Here is an intimate portrait of Washington the man, from Virginia youth to colonial commander to commander-in-chief of the patriot army to first president and great guiding force of the American federation. But one cannot read Irving's Life without marveling at the supreme art behind it, for his biography is foremost a work of literature. |
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Chapter IX | |
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Chapter XXIV | |
Chapter XXV | |
Chapter XXVI | |
Chapter XXVII | |
Chapter XXVIII | |
Chapter XXIX | |
Chapter X | |
Chapter XI | |
Chapter XII | |
Chapter XIII | |
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Chapter XV | |
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Chapter XLI | |
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