George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
by Hofstra, Warren R.; Chase, Philander D.; Fausz, J Federick; Ferling, John E.; Higginbotham, Don; Mitchell, Robert D.; Ragsdale, Bruce A.; Twohig, DorothyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1998-03-01
Publisher(s): Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Summary
This collection of essays written by prestigious Washington scholars examines the role that geography and the diverse inhabitants of this frontier play in molding Washington's life, temperament, and politics.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| The Making of George Washington | p. 3 |
| Young Washington's Virginia: Opportunity in the "Golden Age" of a Planter Society | p. 35 |
| "Over the Hills and Far Away": George Washington and the Changing Virginia Backcountry | p. 63 |
| "A Parcel of Barbarian's and an Uncooth Set of People": Settlers and Settlements of the Shenandoah Valley | p. 87 |
| "Engaged in Enterprises Pregnant with Terror": George Washington's Formative Years among the Indians | p. 115 |
| A Stake in the West: George Washington as Backcountry Surveyor and Landholder | p. 159 |
| School for Command: Young George Washington and the Virginia Regiment | p. 195 |
| George Washington and Revolutionary Asceticism: The Localist as Nationalist | p. 223 |
| Contributors | p. 251 |
| Index | p. 255 |
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