| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2010019154 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781594202667 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1594202664 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)535490473 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
973.41092 Che |
| Item number |
15 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
973.41092 Che |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Chernow, Ron |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Washington : |
| Remainder of title |
a life / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Ron Chernow |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2010. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xxi, 904 p., [16] p. of plates : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Prelude: the portrait artist -- PART ONE: The frontiersman. A short-lived family -- Fortune's favorite -- Wilderness mission -- Bloodbath -- Shades of death -- The soul of an army -- A votary to love -- Darling of a grateful country -- PART TWO: The planter. The man of mode -- A certain species of property -- The prodigy -- Providence -- A world of his own -- The Asiatic prince -- A shock of electricity -- PART THREE: The general. The glorious game -- Magnificent bluff -- Land of freedom -- The heights -- All London afloat -- Disaster -- An indecisive mind -- The crossing -- The busy scenes of a camp -- Darkness visible -- Rapping a demigod over the knuckles -- A dreary kind of place -- The long retreat -- Pests of society -- The storm thickens -- The traitor -- Mutiny -- Plundering scoundrels -- The world turned upside down -- Man of moderation -- Closing the drama with applause -- Cincinnatus -- PART FOUR: The statesman. American celebrity -- Gentleman farmer -- Devil's bargain -- The ruins of the past -- A masterly hand -- A house on fire -- Rising sun -- Mounting the seat -- PART FIVE: The president. The place of execution -- Acting the presidency -- The cares of office -- Rays of genius -- The traveling presidency -- The state of the president -- Capital matters -- Southern exposure -- Running into extremes -- A tissue of machinations -- Citizen Genet -- Bring out your dead -- Hercules in the field -- Crowns and coronets -- Mad dog -- The colossus of the people -- The master of farewells -- Exiting the stage -- PART SIX:The legend. Samson and Solomon -- A mind on the stretch -- Freedom -- Homecoming. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
In "Washington : a Life" celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Information code or alphabet |
96630 |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Washington, George |
| Dates associated with a name |
1732-1799 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Presidents |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Generals |
| Geographic subdivision |
United States |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
United States |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
1783-1815 |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
900 - 999 |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
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