George Washington Written Upon the Land : Nature, Memory, Myth, and Landscape /

George Washington's childhood is famously the most elusive part of his life story. For centuries biographers have struggled with a lack of period documentation and an absence of late-in-life reflection in trying to imagine Washington's formative years. In George Washington Written upon the...

Description complète

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Levy, Philip, 1963- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Homes and haunts > Virginia.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Childhood and youth.
Ferry Farm (Stafford County, Va.) > History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • "The most storied ground in America" : an introduction
  • 1. "Somewhere this had beginnings" : unspooling Washington's childhood biography
  • 2. Completing the circuit of memory : Washington and his parting survey
  • 3. The subterranean young Washington : crafting a material narrative for the childhood years
  • 4. Fruits of morality and fruits of the market : Weems's idyll at the crossroads of war and markets
  • 5. "The local appellation based on tradition only" : making history from promotion at George Washington's surveying office
  • 6. To change the world: young George and Ferry Farm in the era of human-induced climate change.

Documents similaires