The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018].
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1 online resource (xviii, 621 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps.
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Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799.
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
Indians of North America -- History -- 18th century.
Indians of North America -- Wars -- 1750-1815.
United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799.
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English
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9780190652173, 0190652179, 9780190652180, 0190652187
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--,Provided by publisher.
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George Washington's place in the foundations of the Republic remains unrivalled. His life story--from his beginnings as a surveyor and farmer, to colonial soldier in the Virginia Regiment, leader of the Patriot cause, commander of the Continental Army, and finally first president of the United States--reflects the narrative of the nation he guided into existence. There is, rightfully, no more chronicled figure.Yet American history has largely forgotten what Washington himself knew clearly: that the new Republic's fate depended less on grand rhetoric of independence and self-governance and more on land--Indian land. Colin G. Calloway's biography of the greatest founding father reveals in full the relationship between Washington and the Native leaders he dealt with intimately across the decades: Shingas, Tanaghrisson, Guyasuta, Attakullakulla, Bloody Fellow, Joseph Brant, Cornplanter, Red Jacket, and Little Turtle, among many others. Using the prism of Washington's life to bring focus to these figures and the tribes they represented--the Iroquois Confederacy, Lenape, Miami, Creek, Delaware--Calloway reveals how central their role truly was in Washington's, and therefore the nation's, foundational narrative.Calloway gives the First Americans their due, revealing the full extent and complexity of the relationships between the man who rose to become the nation's most powerful figure and those whose power and dominion declined in almost equal degree during his lifetime. His book invites us to look at America's origins in a new light. The Indian World of George Washington is a brilliant portrait of both the most revered man in American history and those whose story during the tumultuous century in which the country was formed has, until now, been only partially told,Provided by publisher
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Calloway, C. G. 1. (2018). The Indian world of George Washington: the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Calloway, Colin G. 1953-. 2018. The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Calloway, Colin G. 1953-. The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation Oxford University Press, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Calloway, Colin G. 1953-. The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation Oxford University Press, 2018.
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