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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Illustrations
Introduction
1. A Powerful Apprenticeship (1732–1753)
2. A Clumsy Entrance on the World Stage (1753–1754)
3. Love and Massacre (1754–1755)
4. Desperation and Disillusionment (1755–1759)
5. George Washington’s First War (1753–1759)
6. A Virginia Businessman (1759–1775)
7. Washington in His Landscapes (1759–1775)
8. A New Call to Arms (1765–1775)
9. A Virginian in Yankee-Land (1775)
10. An Early Triumph (1775–1776)
11. The Continental Army on Trial (1776)
12. Depths (1776–1777)
13. Heights (1777)
14. The Loss of Philadelphia (1777)
15. The Conway Cabal (1777–1778)
16. The Road Turns Upward (1778)
17. Hope Abroad and Bankruptcy at Home (1778–1779)
18. Enter a French Army (1779–1780)
19. Treason (1775–1780)
20. Virginia Endangered (1780–1781)
21. Yorktown (1781)
22. A Gulf of Civil Horror (1781–1783)
23. Goodbye to War (1775–1783)
24. Pleasures at Home (1783–1787)
25. Canals and Conventions (1783–1787)
26. The Constitution of the United States (1787–1788)
27. Hysteria and Responsibility (1788)
28. A Second Constitutional Convention (1789)
29. The Social Man (1789)
30. Infighting Foreshadowed (1790)
31. The Great Schism Opens (1790–1792)
32. Europeans and Indians (1783–1791)
33. Desire to Escape (1791–1792)
34. No Exit (1790–1793)
35. Bad Omens (1792–1793)
36. Earthquake Faults (1793 and thereafter)
37. A French Bombshell (1793)
38. Trouble All Around (1793)
39. A Tragic Departure (1793)
40. Opposite Hands Across the Ocean (1794)
41. The Whiskey Rebellion (1790–1794)
42. The Democratic Societies (1794)
43. A Disastrous Document (1795)
44. Tragedy with a Friend (1795)
45. Downhill (1795–1796)
46. Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
47. The End of the Presidency (1796–1797)
48. Home Again (1797–1799)
49. Mental Confusion (1797–1798)
50. Politics at Sunset (1798–1799)
51. Washington and Slavery (1732–1799)
52. Death of a Hero (1799)
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright Page
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