The education of George Washington : how a forgotten book shaped the character of a hero /
The author chronicles the influence of "A payegyrick to the memory of His Grace Frederick, late Duke of Schonberg" by Hippolyte du Chastelet de Luzancy (English-language version published in London in 1690) upon building the character of the young George Washington.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Regnery History ; New York : Distributed to the trade by Perseus Distribution,
[2014]
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| Summary: | The author chronicles the influence of "A payegyrick to the memory of His Grace Frederick, late Duke of Schonberg" by Hippolyte du Chastelet de Luzancy (English-language version published in London in 1690) upon building the character of the young George Washington. |
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| Physical Description: | 344 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-335) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781621572053 (hbk.) 1621572056 (hbk.) |