George Washington : a life in books
2017
923.173 W318haye 2017 MB
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Title
George Washington : a life in books
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Description
xvi, 390 p. : ill., ports., facsims. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
923.173 W318haye 2017 MB
System Control No.
(OCoLC)960940240
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-367) and index.
Contents: Meditations and Contemplations -- Every Boy His Own Teacher -- Exemplars -- Travel Writing -- The Journal of Major George Washington -- A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts -- Home and Garden -- George Washington, Bibliographer -- The Education of John Parke Custis -- Revolutionary Pamphlets -- Common Sense and Independence -- A Green Baize Bookcase -- Planning for Retirement -- Haven of History -- The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon -- Politics and the Picaresque -- Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature -- Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress -- Farewell Address -- Home at Last.
L2017M103
"Kevin J. Hayes draws on juvenilia, letters, diaries, pamphlets, and the close to 1,000 books owned by Washington to reconstruct the active intellectual life that has gone largely unnoticed in conventional narratives of the first US president. Despite being a lifelong reader, Washington felt a sense of acute embarrassment about his relative lack of formal education and cultural sophistication, and in this lively literary biography, Hayes reconstructs how Washington worked tirelessly to improve his mind. Beginning with the primers, forgotten periodicals, conduct books, and classic eighteenth-century novels such as Tom Jones that shaped Washington's early life, Hayes engages with Washington's letters and journals, charting the many ways the books of his upbringing affected decisions before and during the revolutionary war. The final section of the book covers the voluminous reading that occurred during Washington's presidency and his retirement at Mount Vernon. Throughout, Hayes also engages with Washington's writings as well as his readings, starting with The Journal of Major George Washington and going through his Farewell Address. The sheer breadth of titles under review here allow readers to glimpse Washington's views on foreign policy, economics, the law, art, slavery, marriage, and religion. Ultimately, The Books in George Washington's Life offers a startling new perspective on the mind of America's Father, uncovering the ideas that shaped his intellectual journey and, subsequently, the development of young America "--Provided by publisher.
Contents: Meditations and Contemplations -- Every Boy His Own Teacher -- Exemplars -- Travel Writing -- The Journal of Major George Washington -- A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts -- Home and Garden -- George Washington, Bibliographer -- The Education of John Parke Custis -- Revolutionary Pamphlets -- Common Sense and Independence -- A Green Baize Bookcase -- Planning for Retirement -- Haven of History -- The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon -- Politics and the Picaresque -- Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature -- Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress -- Farewell Address -- Home at Last.
L2017M103
"Kevin J. Hayes draws on juvenilia, letters, diaries, pamphlets, and the close to 1,000 books owned by Washington to reconstruct the active intellectual life that has gone largely unnoticed in conventional narratives of the first US president. Despite being a lifelong reader, Washington felt a sense of acute embarrassment about his relative lack of formal education and cultural sophistication, and in this lively literary biography, Hayes reconstructs how Washington worked tirelessly to improve his mind. Beginning with the primers, forgotten periodicals, conduct books, and classic eighteenth-century novels such as Tom Jones that shaped Washington's early life, Hayes engages with Washington's letters and journals, charting the many ways the books of his upbringing affected decisions before and during the revolutionary war. The final section of the book covers the voluminous reading that occurred during Washington's presidency and his retirement at Mount Vernon. Throughout, Hayes also engages with Washington's writings as well as his readings, starting with The Journal of Major George Washington and going through his Farewell Address. The sheer breadth of titles under review here allow readers to glimpse Washington's views on foreign policy, economics, the law, art, slavery, marriage, and religion. Ultimately, The Books in George Washington's Life offers a startling new perspective on the mind of America's Father, uncovering the ideas that shaped his intellectual journey and, subsequently, the development of young America "--Provided by publisher.
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