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THE WONDERFUL STORY OF WASHINGTON CONTENTS CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS

I. AMERICAN PATRIOTISM AND THE MEANING OF AMERICA II. WASHINGTON’S EARLY SURROUNDINGS

CHAPTER II THE BOY WITH A WILL AND A WAY

I. EARLY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FIRST AMERICAN HERO 1732 II. A COMMUNITY PROUD OF ITS FAMILY HONOR III. THE SELF-PITY AND SENTIMENTALISM OF YOUTH

CHAPTER III THE BEGINNINGS OF EXPERIENCE IN BORDER WARFARE

CHAPTER IV THE RIVALRY AND DIPLOMACY OF THE FRONTIER

I. THE FIRST GREAT PROBLEMS OF THE INDIANS II. ALARM FOR THE FUTURE III. INDIFFERENCE TO GREAT INTERESTS

CHAPTER V THE CONSEQUENCE OF ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE

I. ANNOYANCES AND ANTAGONISMS II. DISHONORS AND DISASTERS III. WASHINGTON ENTERING THE SCHOOL OF WAR

CHAPTER VI THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT DUQUESNE

I. THE SEPARATION BEGINNING BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND ENGLAND II. LESSONS GATHERED FROM DEFEAT III. SOME PERSONAL INTERESTS AT HOME

CHAPTER VII THE FATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY

I. FRONTIER FEARS AND PANICS II. POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND OFFICIAL CONFUSION III. “A MATTER OF GREAT ADMIRATION”

CHAPTER VIII THE BEGINNING SIGNS OF A GREAT REVOLUTION

I. MILITARY VICTORY AND A HAPPY MARRIAGE II. LIFE FULFILLED AS A VIRGINIA COUNTRY GENTLEMAN III. THE MOMENTOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN MIGHT AND RIGHT

CHAPTER IX SOWING THE WIND AND REAPING THE WHIRLWIND

I. MOUNT VERNON AT FIRST IN A ZONE OF CALM II. GIVING THE APPEARANCE AND KEEPING THE SUBSTANCE III. “SOFT WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS”

CHAPTER X ANTAGONISMS AND HOSTILITIES

I. BLAZING THE WAY TO WAR II. THE DOUBLE-QUICK MARCH TO REVOLUTION III. VIOLENCE AND FLATTERY AS METHODS OF MASTERY

CHAPTER XI GREAT MINDS IN THE GREAT STORM

I. SUPPRESSING AMERICANS II. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING READY III. MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS

CHAPTER XII THE HOUSE LONG DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF

I. UNPATRIOTIC CONFUSION OF OPINIONS AND INTERESTS II. SOMETIMES TOO LATE TO MEND III. SELECTING THE LEADER OF LIBERTY FOR AMERICA

CHAPTER XIII LARGE BODIES MOVE SLOWLY

I. THE FIRST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF II. BIG BUSINESS, MONEY-MAKERS AND PATRIOTISM III. THE STRONG MIND FOR GREAT NEEDS

CHAPTER XIV TURNING REVOLUTION THROUGH FREEDOM INTO GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER XV THE PEACE OF HOME AT LAST

CHAPTER XVI STANDARDS OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM

I. FOUNDATIONS II. FREEDOM OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE III. THE LOYALTY OF YOUTH

CHAPTER XVII CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON THE CHARACTER AND CAREER OF WASHINGTON