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Author:   Kevin J. Hayes (Professor of English Emeritus, Professor of English Emeritus, University of Central Oklahoma)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 14.20cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9780190936129

ISBN 10:   0190936126
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   10 March 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Meditations and Contemplations 2. Every Boy His Own Teacher 3. Exemplars 4. Travel Writing 5. The Journal of Major George Washington 6. A Memorial Containing a Summary View of Facts 7. Home and Garden 8. George Washington, Bibliographer 9. The Education of John Parke Custis 10. Revolutionary Pamphlets 11. Common Sense and Independence 12. A Green Baize Bookcase 13. Planning for Retirement 14. Haven of History 15. The Slave, the Quaker, and the Panopticon 16. Politics and the Picaresque 17. Presidential Patronage and the Development of American Literature 18. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress 19. Farewell Address 20. Home at Last Notes Sources Index

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Highly readable....Hayes makes a compelling case that Washington was much more of an intellectual than scholars traditionally admit. * Joseph Slaughter, H-War * This is a highly enjoyable and informative book. For anyone interested in the primary documentation of the lives of the Founding Fathers or for anyone wishing to be an informed visitor to Mount Vernon, this is essential reading. * Titus Belgard, Journal of the American Revolution * In this new work, Kevin J. Hayes shatters the myth of an ignorant, unread Washington and does something even more difficult: Hayes not only has tracked down new discoveries in one of the most studied American lives, but he reveals a much more human portrait of the great man than most biographies have been able to reveal. Hayes makes George Washington even more real, and more significant....Kevin J. Hayes's study will reward the reader with a newfound respect for our first president and imparts a renewed sense of the sustained curiosity of truly great leaders. It is a book even John Adams might have enjoyed. * Douglas R. Bradburn, The Weekly Standard * Winner of the George Washington Book Prize

Author Information

Kevin J. Hayes, Emeritus Professor at the University of Central Oklahoma, lives and writes in Toledo, Ohio. He is the author of several books including The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson (OUP, 2008) and A Journey through American Literature (OUP, 2012).

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