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9780945612506

George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780945612506

  • ISBN10:

    0945612508

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1998-03-01
  • Publisher: 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 Washingtonp. 3
Young Washington's Virginia: Opportunity in the "Golden Age" of a Planter Societyp. 35
"Over the Hills and Far Away": George Washington and the Changing Virginia Backcountryp. 63
"A Parcel of Barbarian's and an Uncooth Set of People": Settlers and Settlements of the Shenandoah Valleyp. 87
"Engaged in Enterprises Pregnant with Terror": George Washington's Formative Years among the Indiansp. 115
A Stake in the West: George Washington as Backcountry Surveyor and Landholderp. 159
School for Command: Young George Washington and the Virginia Regimentp. 195
George Washington and Revolutionary Asceticism: The Localist as Nationalistp. 223
Contributorsp. 251
Indexp. 255
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