Download or read book The Heroic Life of General George Washington First President of the United States written by Elbridge Streeter Brooks and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Heroic Life of General George Washington, First President of the United States: Illustrated in Black and White and With Colored Plates The young reader may think these particulars are unnecessary, and be in a hurry to hear about George Washington. All in good time. We wish you, boys and girls, to see the position of affairs at that period, and what led up to the great War of Independence, and how God in His Providence had prepared a man for the time and place, and that man George Washington. Of the thirteen Colonies, the greatest and richest and most populous was the Colony of Virginia, owing to the cultivation of large crops of tobacco, which was raised on great farms and sent to the English markets. These farms were called plantations and their owners were called planters. The father of George Washington, whose name was Augustine Washing ton, owned a large plantation at Bridge's Creek, on the Potomac, in West moreland County, Va. Here he lived with his wife, Mary, in a comfortable, plain, old-fashioned Southern home with sloping roof, broad eaves, a big chimney, and a broad veranda in front. His tobacco farm, or plantation, stretched for more than a mile along the Potomac. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The heroic life of General George Washington first president of the United States written by Elbridge Streeter Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Heroic Life of General George Washington First President of the United States written by Elbridge S. Brooks and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.
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Download or read book George Washington written by Laurie Calkhoven and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the life and accomplishments of the American hero, who was the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and who became the first president of the United States.
Download or read book George Washington written by Doug West and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn about George Washington but don't have the time or patience to read a thick book? Then this is the short and concise book for you!! George Washington, the revolutionary war hero, and first president of the United States has risen to the level of an American legend. This one-dimensional view of the "founding father" turns out to be short sighted. For this complex man of the soil from Virginia, though of limited formal education, would change the very destiny of nations. Few knew Washington as well as did his Secretary of State, Thomas Jefferson, who wrote of Washington long after his death, "He was indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man.." Just one of his many achievements would make him a notable American, but his accomplishments were many: Officer in the Virginia Militia during the opening battles of the French and Indian War. Top patriot leader in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Delegate from Virginia to the First Continental Congress. Commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War. President of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. First President of the United States. During his two terms he led the infant republic to form a stable federal government that has lasted over two centuries. The book "George Washington: A Short Biography" gives a crisp look at the life and times of the man George Washington. To illustrate the story of his life there are numerous pictures of the people, places, and events that were part of the life of the first president of the United States. In addition, the book contains: a list of reference books for further reading, a timeline of Washington's life and events of that period of history, and a section that contains short biographical sketches of the key individuals in the book.
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Download or read book Life of George Washington Illustrated Biography of the first President of the United States the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States written by Washington Irving and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2015-06-06 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "Life of George Washington (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States (1789-97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and remains the supreme law of the land. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia; his wealthy planter family owned tobacco plantations and slaves which he inherited; he owned hundreds of slaves throughout his lifetime, but his views on slavery evolved. He became a young but senior officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French and Indian War. He was chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution. Historians laud Washington for the selection and supervision of his generals, preservation and command of the army, coordination with the Congress, with state governors and their militia, and attention to supplies, logistics, and training. In battle, however, Washington was repeatedly outmaneuvered by British generals with larger armies. Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories 'Rip Van Winkle' and 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' both of which appear in his book The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of George Washington and Oliver Goldsmith, and several histories of 15th-century Spain, dealing with subjects such as the Moors and the Alhambra. Irving served as the U.S. ambassador to Spain from 1842 to 1846.
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