Author: John MarshallPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The Life of George Washington, Written for the Use of Schools, Etc
Author: John MarshallThe Life of George Washington Written for the Use of School
Author: John MarshallPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368756508
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.
The Life of George Washington, Written for the Use of Schools
Author: John MarshallThe Life of George Washington
Author: John MarshallPublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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The Education of George Washington
Author: Austin WashingtonPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 162157220X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257
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George Washington—a man of honor, bravery and leadership. He is known as America’s first President, a great general, and a humble gentleman, but how did he become this man of stature? The Education of George Washington answers this question with a new discovery about his past and the surprising book that shaped him. Who better to unearth them than George Washington’s great-nephew, Austin Washington? Most Washington fans have heard of “The Rules of Civility” and learned that this guided our first President. But that’s not the book that truly made George Washington who he was. In The Education of George Washington, Austin Washington reveals the secret that he discovered about Washington’s past that explains his true model for conduct, honor, and leadership—an example that we could all use. The Education of George Washington also includes a complete facsimile of the forgotten book that changed George Washington's life.
The Life of George Washington
Author: John MarshallPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267830732
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Excerpt from The Life of George Washington: Written for the Use of Schools At the age of ten years, he lost his father. An affectionate mother continued to impress those principles of religion and virtue on his tender mind, which constituted the solid basis of a character that was maintained throughout all the trying vicissitudes of an eventful life. But his education was limited to subjects strictly useful, not even extending to foreign languages. At the age of eighteen, he was appointed a surveyor in the western part of the northern neck of Virginia; and, in that office, acquired such information respecting vacant lands, and formed those opinions concerning their future value, which afterwards contributed greatly to the increase of his fortune. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A Powerful Mind
Author: Adrienne M. HarrisonPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1612347894
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
His formal schooling abruptly cut off at age eleven, George Washington saw his boyhood dream of joining the British army evaporate and recognized that even his aspiration to rise in colonial Virginian agricultural society would be difficult. Throughout his life he faced challenges for which he lacked the academic foundations shared by his more highly educated contemporaries. Yet Washington's legacy is clearly not one of failure. Breaking new ground in Washington scholarship and American revolutionary history, Adrienne M. Harrison investigates the first president's dedicated process of self-directed learning through reading, a facet of his character and leadership long neglected by historians and biographers. In A Powerful Mind, Harrison shows that Washington rose to meet these trials through a committed campaign of highly focused reading, educating himself on exactly what he needed to do and how best to do it. In contrast to other famous figures of the revolution--Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin--Washington did not relish learning for its own sake, viewing self-education instead as a tool for shaping himself into the person he wanted to be. His two highest-profile and highest-risk endeavors--commander in chief of the Continental Army and president of the fledgling United States--are a testament to the success of his strategy.
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation
Author: George WashingtonPublisher: Bnpublishing.Com
ISBN: 9789562911771
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Author: JOHN. MARSHALLPublisher:
ISBN: 9781033489178
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Life of George Washington
Author: John MarshallPublisher:
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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