LEADER 04349cam 2200589 i 4500001 on1107443846 003 OCoLC 005 20200727083232.0 008 191226s2020 nyua e b 001 0beng 010 2019045005 019 1141202996 020 9780735224100 |qhardcover 020 0735224102 |qhardcover 020 |z9780735224124 |qelectronic book 024 8 40029794700 035 (Sirsi) 40029831138 035 40029831138 035 (OCoLC)1107443846 |z(OCoLC)1141202996 040 DLC |beng |erda |cDLC |dOCLCF |dOCLCO |dOI6 |dUAP |dIEP |dYDX |dYUS |dVP@ |dLEB |dUtOrBLW 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 050 00 E312 |b.C66 2020 082 00 973.4/1092B |223 100 1 Coe, Alexis, |eauthor. |=^A1406021 245 10 You never forget your first : |ba biography of George Washington / |cAlexis Coe. 264 1 [New York, New York] : |bViking, |c[2020] 300 xl, 261 pages : |billustrations ; |c24 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index. 505 0 His Mother's Son -- "Pleases My Taste" -- "The World on Fire" -- "Blow out my brains" -- The Widow Custis -- "I Cannot Speak Plainer" -- "What Manner of Man I Am" -- "The Shackles of Slavery" -- Hardball with the Howe Brothers -- The Court of Public Opinion -- George Washington, Agent -- Eight Years Away -- "From Whence No Traveller Returns" -- Unretirement -- The Presidency; or, "The Place of His Execution" -- Infant Nation -- "Political Suicide" -- Farewell to "Cunning, Ambitious, and Unprincipled Men" -- Final Retirement -- " 'Tis Well". 520 "In a genre overdue for a shakeup, Alexis Coe takes a closer look at our first--and finds he's not quite the man we remember Young George Washington was raised by a struggling single mother, demanded military promotions, chased rich young women, caused an international incident, and never backed down--even when his dysentery got so bad he had to ride with a cushion on his saddle. But after he married Martha, everything changed. Washington became the kind of man who named his dog Sweetlips and hated to leave home. He took up arms against the British only when there was no other way, though he lost more battles than he won. Coe focuses on his activities off the battlefield--like espionage and propaganda. After an unlikely victory in the Revolutionary War, Washington once again shocked the world by giving up power, only to learn his compatriots wouldn't allow it. The founders pressured him into the presidency--twice. He established enduring norms but left office heartbroken over the partisan nightmare his backstabbing cabinet had created. Back on his plantation, the man who fought for liberty finally confronted his greatest hypocrisy--what to do with the hundreds of men, women, and children he owned--before succumbing to a brutal death. Alexis Coe combines rigorous research and unsentimental storytelling, finally separating the man from the legend."-- |cProvided by publisher. 600 10 Washington, George, |d1732-1799. |=^A640753 600 17 Washington, George, |d1732-1799. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00178100 |?UNAUTHORIZED 651 0 United States |xPolitics and government |y1783-1789. |=^A85398 650 0 Presidents |zUnited States |vBiography. |=^A414551 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical. |2bisacsh 650 7 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State. |2bisacsh 650 7 HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |2bisacsh 650 7 Politics and government. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 Presidents. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01075723 651 7 United States. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01204155 |?UNAUTHORIZED 648 7 1783-1789 |2fast 655 7 Biographies. |2lcgft 655 7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896 776 08 |iOnline version:Coe, Alexis, |tYou never forget your first |d[New York] : Viking, [2020] |z9780735224124 |w(DLC) 2019045006 949 |i30372017364875 |ojjlm 960 |o1 |s27.00 |tJoyner48 |uJAPP |zUSD 596 1 998 5325518