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George Washington and the American Political Tradition
By Allen, William Sheridan & Brookhiser, Richard & McDonald, Forrest & Hanson, Victor Davis & Thornton, Bruce & Mackubin Owens & Barilleaux, Ryan J. & Rozell, Mark J. & Virginia Arbery & Mark Thislethwaite & Gregg, Gary L. & Spalding, Matthew & Bennett, William F.
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- 978-1-88292-638-1
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- ISI Books
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Library Journal
Reviewed on January 1, 2000
These three volumes are part of the nation's commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Washington's death. Hannaford's and Murray's books are slight both in size and substance. In The Essential George Washington, Hannaford has collected verbal "snapshots," brief comments on Washington made by sundry poets, politicians, journalists, and others, including Abigail Adams, James Fenimore Cooper, Newt Gingrich, and George Will. Murray's Washington's Farewell takes as its starting point a December 4, 1783, meeting of Washington and his officers, at which he bade farewell to his men and prepared to return to private life. Murray sketches the lives and char...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
