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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Prologue: life, liberty, and the pursuit of the fox -- Part I. Englishman in America -- Passage into the woods -- Born on an empire's edge -- Mother, manners, and cockfights -- Blood sports in the Shenandoah -- A gentleman's code -- The sorrows of young George -- Part II. War games and folly -- Mission for a flawed hero -- Charms of war -- Brave to a fault -- Cavalier in love and war -- Hog wild in Winchester -- Part III. Gentleman sportsman -- En garde! -- Minuets and other gentler conflicts -- Augustan man of manners -- In the garden with Martha -- Good masters and petty tyrants -- Gentleman rebel -- Bowling with George -- Part IV. Clever like a fox -- The world is his stage -- Victory or death -- A fine fox chase -- Drama in the valley of death -- Two old school chevaliers -- Part V. Master of manners -- Leading the Revolution in style -- Southern persuasions -- Fear and glory at the races -- L'aristocrat meets le guillotine -- Sportsman for all seasons -- Epilogue: America's first sporting president and all the rest. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Long before George Washington was a president or general, he was a sportsman. At six feet two inches with a penchant for rambunctious horse riding, what he lacked in formal schooling he made up for in physical strength, skill, and ambition. Washington's memorable performances on the hunting field and on the battlefield helped crystallize his contribution to our modern ideas about athleticism and chivalry, even as they also highlight the intimate ties between sports and war. Author Philip G. Smucker, a fifth-great grandnephew of George Washington, uses his background as a war correspondent, sports reporter, and amateur equestrian to weave an insightful tale based upon his own travels in the footsteps of Washington as a surveyor, sportsman, and field commander. Riding with George is "boots-in-stirrups" storytelling that unspools Washington's rise to fame in a never-before-told tale. It shows how a young Virginian's athleticism and Old World chivalry propelled him to become a model of right action and good manners for a fledgling nation. --Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
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Washington, George, 1732-1799. |
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Presidents -- Sports -- United States.
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Presidents -- Sports. |
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United States. |
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Presidents -- United States -- Social life and customs.
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Presidents. |
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Manners and customs. |
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Virginia -- Social life and customs -- 18th century.
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Virginia. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Political culture -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
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History. |
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Sportsmanship -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
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Sportsmanship. |
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Political culture. |
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. |
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Presidents -- Social life and customs. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smucker, Philip G. Riding with George Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2017 9781613736050 (DLC) 2016045667 |
| ISBN |
9781613736081 (epub) |
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1613736088 |
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9781613736067 (pdf) |
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1613736061 |
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9781613736074 ( kindle) |
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161373607X |
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9781613736050 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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1613736053 |
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