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Author Wiencek, Henry.

Title An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America / Henry Wiencek.

Publication Info. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Stacks  E312.17 .W6 2003    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description 404 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-390) and index.
Contents Introduction : General's dream -- Home ground -- On the borderland -- The widow Custis -- A life honorable and amusing -- A scheme in Williamsburg -- So sacred a war as this -- A different destiny -- "A sort of shadowy life" -- The great escape.
Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves.
Relations with slaves.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
Presidents.
United States.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- Political aspects.
History.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Slavery.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783.
Politics and government.
Chronological Term 1775-1783
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0374175268 hardcover alkaline paper