MARC Record from marc_openlibraries_phillipsacademy

LEADER: 03672cam a2200613 i 4500
001 2260559
003 NOBLE
005 20151214095451.0
008 040312t20042004nyua b 001 0beng
010 $a 2004046576
035 $a(OCoLC)54817026
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dVPL$dC#P$dYBM$dBUR$dBAKER$dXY4$dUWC$dVP@$dNLGGC$dXY4$dYDXCP$dOCLCQ$dBTCTA$dOCLCG$dFMO$dTEX$dMOF$dEGM$dHEBIS$dKEC$dBDX$dVZD$dOCLCF$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dNOG
020 $a1400040310
020 $a9781400040315
020 $a0739451537$q(paperback)
020 $a9780739451533$q(paperback)
035 $a(OCoLC)54817026
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aE312$b.E245 2004
082 00 $a973.4/1/092$222
082 04 $aB$222
084 $a15.85$2bcl
049 $aNOGA
100 1 $aEllis, Joseph J.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aHis Excellency :$bGeorge Washington /$cJoseph J. Ellis.
246 30 $aGeorge Washington
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c[2004]
264 4 $c©2004
300 $axiv, 320 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 281-312) and index.
505 0 $aInterior regions -- The strenuous squire -- First in war -- Destiny's child -- Introspective interlude -- First in peace -- Testament.
520 $aContains primary source material.
520 $aDrawing from the newly catalogued Washington papers at the University of Virginia, the author paints a full portrait of Washington's life and career in the context of eighteenth-century America, richly detailing his private life and illustrating the ways in which it influenced his public persona. When Washington died in 1799, Ellis tells us, he was eulogized as "first in the hearts of his countrymen." Since then, however, his image has been chiseled onto Mount Rushmore and printed on the dollar bill. He is on our landscape and in our wallets but not, Ellis argues, in our hearts. Ellis strips away the ivy and legend that have grown up over the Washington statue and recovers the flesh-and-blood man in all his passionate and fully human prowess. In the pantheon of our republic's founders, there were many outstanding individuals. And yet each of them, Franklin, Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison, acknowledged Washington to be his superior, the only indispensable figure, the one and only: "His Excellency." Both physically and politically, Washington towered over his peers for reasons this book elucidates. His Excellency is a full, glorious, and multifaceted portrait of the man behind our country's genesis.
600 10 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799.
650 0 $aPresidents$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1732-1799.
600 17 $aWashington, George,$d1732-1799.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00178100
650 7 $aGenerals.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00939841
650 7 $aPresidents.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01075723
651 7 $aUnited States.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01204155
600 17 $aWashington, George.$2swd
655 7 $aBiography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423686
776 08 $iOnline version:$aEllis, Joseph J.$tHis Excellency.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2004$w(OCoLC)645940783
919 4 $a31867001388193
990 $ansbjs 05-09-2006
990 $anobbc 12-14-2015
905 $unoble
901 $a2260559$bIII$c2260559$tbiblio
852 4 $agaaagpl$bPANO$bPANO$cStacks 1$j973.3092 W27EL$gbook$p31867001388193$y26.95$t1$xnonreference$xholdable$xcirculating$xvisible$zAvailable