George Washington : anguish and farewell, 1793-1799

George Washington : anguish and farewell, 1793-1799

[1st ed.]

Boston Little, Brown 1972

xii, 554 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

923.173 W318flex 1972 MB v. 4

(OCoLC)00379457

Includes bibliographical references (p. 509-516).|Profiles Washington from his second term as president to his death, focusing on his struggles to unite the new republic.|Contents: I. The French menace. An angry inauguration -- The neutrality proclamation -- Citizen Gene^t -- A darkling plain -- The Little Sarah -- The Gene^t harvest -- Jefferson seeks escape -- A rocky road -- An anxious holiday -- First reckoning -- Exit Jefferson -- George Washington and slavery -- The French menace fades -- II. The British menace and conflict at home. Rumblings of war with Britain -- Two envoys -- Extreme sensibility -- The Whiskey Rebellion -- The whiskey campaign -- The Democratic societies -- Weatherbreeder -- The Jay Treaty arrives -- Tempest strikes -- The cry of treason -- Oh, what a fall -- War with an old friend -- III. Faction rampant. Better his hand had been cut off -- A brilliant stroke -- Swords with two edges -- The brink of a precipice -- Finis with Jefferson -- Thunder on the left -- Washington's farewell address -- False teeth and Stuart's Washington -- Darkness on the ocean -- You're in and I'm out -- IV. A stormy retirement. Friends and strangers -- George Washington, art collector -- Income in retirement -- The retired lion roars -- A new call to arms -- A sad affair -- Plateaus on a descending path -- A passenger only -- Black Mount Vernon -- Farmer Washington -- Death of a hero -- V. Conclusion. The second team surveyed -- George Washington.|78.15.408

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