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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WIEKeating, Francis Anthony
Summary: "The fifth of ten children, George Washington was a dreamer, a hard worker, an athlete, and a peacemaker. By the time he was fifteen he had handwritten for himself the "Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation." These were his rules to live by. He could not have known what his future would hold...and these rules speak to who he was as a boy and a man. Based on this...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB WASHINGTON KEAStewart, David O.
Summary: "A fascinating and illuminating account of how George Washington became the single most dominant force in the creation of the United States of America, from award-winning author David O. Stewart"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dutton 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, GEORGE STEBurns, James MacGregor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2004
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 921 WASLarson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Summary: Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Edward J. Larson recovers a crucially important--yet almost always overlooked--chapter of George Washington's life, revealing how Washington saved the United States by coming out of retirement to lead the Constitutional Convention and serve as our first president.
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, GEORGE LARCoe, Alexis
Summary: "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 aninternational 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WASHINGTON, GEORGE COECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B WASHINGTON COECopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: History US Pres CoeCheney, Lynne V.
Summary: A group portrait of America's first four presidents from Virginia focuses on a series of key historical episodes that illustrate how the myriad leadership roles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe promoted transcendental, if contradictory, national views about freedom and equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020