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xviii, 362 pages : 24 cm
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Social life and customs, Political culture, Sportsmanship, Presidents, History, Sports, Chivalry, Presidents, united states, Washington, george, 1732-1799, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Washington, George, 1732-1799, Presidents -- Sports -- United States, Presidents -- United States -- Social life and customs, Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century, Sportsmanship -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century, Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 18th centuryPlaces
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Riding with George: Sportsmanship and Chivalry in the Making of America's First President
2017, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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1613736061 9781613736067
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Riding with George: Sportsmanship and Chivalry in the Making of America's First President
2017, Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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1613736088 9781613736081
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Riding with George: sportsmanship & chivalry in the making of America's first president
2017, Chicago Review Press
in English
1613736053 9781613736050
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Life, liberty, and the pursuit of the fox
Part I. Englishman in America. Passage into the woods ; Born on an empire's edge ; Mother, manners, and cockfights ; Blood sports in the Shenandoah ; A gentleman's code ; The sorrows of young George
Part II. War games and folly. Mission for a flawed hero ; Charms of war ; Brave to a fault ; Cavalier in love and war ; Hog wild in Winchester ; Part III. Gentleman sportsman. En garde! ; Minuets and other gentler conflicts ; Augustan man of manners ; In the garden with Martha ; Good masters and petty tyrants ; Gentleman rebel ; Bowling with George ; Part IV. Clever like a fox. The world is his stage ; Victory or death ; A fine fox chase ; Drama in the valley of death ; Two old-school chevaliers
Part V. Master of manners. Leading the Revolution in style ; Southern persuasions ; Fear and glory at the races ; L'Aristocrat meets la guillotine ; A Sportsman for all seasons.
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Includes index.
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