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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... Mountains, returned to England and claimed a correspondent definition of his grant. It was arranged by compromise; extending his domain into the Allegany Mountains, and comprising, among other lands, a great.
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Washington Irving. the Allegany Mountains, and comprising, among other lands, a great portion of the Shenandoah Valley. Lord Fairfax had been delighted with his visit to Virginia. The amenity of the climate, the magnificence of the ...
Washington Irving. the Allegany Mountains, and comprising, among other lands, a great portion of the Shenandoah Valley. Lord Fairfax had been delighted with his visit to Virginia. The amenity of the climate, the magnificence of the ...
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... mountains which, as yet, almost formed the western frontier of inhabited Virginia. Winter still lingered on the tops of the mountains, whence melting snows sent down torrents, which swelled the rivers and occasionally rendered them ...
... mountains which, as yet, almost formed the western frontier of inhabited Virginia. Winter still lingered on the tops of the mountains, whence melting snows sent down torrents, which swelled the rivers and occasionally rendered them ...
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... mountains, since called the Berkeley Springs. There they camped out at night, under the stars; the diary makes no complaint of their accommodations; and their campingground is now known as Bath, one of the favorite wateringplaces of ...
... mountains, since called the Berkeley Springs. There they camped out at night, under the stars; the diary makes no complaint of their accommodations; and their campingground is now known as Bath, one of the favorite wateringplaces of ...
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... mountains to the great Cacapehon; traversed the Shenandoah valley; passed through the Blue Ridge, and on the 12th of April found himself once more at Mount Vernon. For his services he received, according to his notebook, a doubloon per ...
... mountains to the great Cacapehon; traversed the Shenandoah valley; passed through the Blue Ridge, and on the 12th of April found himself once more at Mount Vernon. For his services he received, according to his notebook, a doubloon per ...
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Chapter VI | |
Chapter VII | |
Chapter VIII | |
Chapter XXIII | |
Chapter XXIV | |
Chapter XXV | |
Chapter XXVI | |
Chapter XXVII | |
Chapter XXVIII | |
Chapter XXIX | |
Chapter XXX | |
Chapter IX | |
Chapter X | |
Chapter XI | |
Chapter XII | |
Chapter XIII | |
Chapter XIV | |
Chapter XV | |
Chapter XVI | |
Chapter XVII | |
Chapter XVIII | |
Chapter XIX | |
Chapter XX | |
Chapter XXI | |
Chapter XXII | |
Chapter XXXI | |
Chapter XXXII | |
Chapter XXXIII | |
Chapter XXXIV | |
Chapter XXXV | |
Chapter XXXVI | |
Chapter XXXVII | |
Chapter XXXVIII | |
Chapter XXXIX | |
Chapter XL | |
Chapter XLI | |
Chapter XLII | |
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