George Washington - A Life in Books

Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, George Washington: A Life in Books offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement.

List of contents

• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• 1. Meditations and Contemplations


• 2. Every Boy His Own Teacher


• 3. Exemplars


• 4. Travel Writing


• 5. The Journal of Major George Washington


• 6. A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts


• 7. Home and Garden


• 8. George Washington, Bibliographer


• 9. The Education of John Parke Custis


• 10. Revolutionary Pamphlets


• 11. Common Sense and Independence


• 12. A Green Baize Bookcase


• 13. Planning for Retirement


• 14. Haven of History


• 15. The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon


• 16. Politics and the Picaresque


• 17. Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature


• 18. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress


• 19. Farewell Address


• 20. Home at Last


• Notes


• Sources


• Index

About the author

Kevin J. Hayes, Emeritus Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, lives and writes in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several books including The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson (OUP, 2008) and A Journey through American Literature (OUP, 2012).

Summary

Revered as a general and trusted as America's first elected leader, George Washington is considered a great many things in the contemporary imagination, but an intellectual is not one of them. In correcting this longstanding misconception, George Washington: A Life in Books offers a stimulating literary biography that traces the effects of a life spent in self-improvement.

Additional text

Highly readable....Hayes makes a compelling case that Washington was much more of an intellectual than scholars traditionally admit.

Product details

• Authors: Kevin J. Hayes, Kevin J. (Professor of English Emeritus Hayes, Hayes Kevin J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.03.2020
• EAN: 9780190936129
• ISBN: 978-0-19-093612-9
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, English, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State, HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Biography: writers, Political leaders and leadership, C 1700 To C 1800, Later 18th century c 1750 to c 1799