Project Gutenberg 2007-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 100 Courtenay, Calista McCabe George Washington Reading ease score: 69.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Stephen Hope, Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "George Washington" by Calista McCabe Courtenay is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the life and key events concerning George Washington, from his early years as a surveyor to his role as Commander-in-Chief during the American Revolution and his eventual presidency. It likely aims to highlight Washington's contributions and character as a foundational figure in American history. The opening of the text discusses Washington's early life, outlining his family background, upbringing in Virginia, and education. It describes his natural leadership qualities as a youth, his responsibilities as a surveyor, and his early forays into military duty. Notably, it captures significant moments of his youth, including the influence of his family and friends, his respect for authority taught by his mother, and his early adventures while surveying land in the wilderness, which contributed to the shaping of his character and future role as a leader. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Generals -- United States -- Biography Presidents -- United States -- Biography United States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783 United States -- Politics and government -- 1783-1809 Washington, George, 1732-1799 United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns E300 Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: History - American Browsing: Politics 169979 170016 2024-10-09T13:00:07.755038 2023-09-10T04:54:31.736591 text/html text/html 165199 2007-06-29T14:09:54 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1533550 2007-06-29T14:09:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1530581 2024-10-09T13:00:11.140034 application/epub+zip 1531572 2024-10-09T13:00:08.417032 application/epub+zip 104152 2024-10-09T13:00:08.071036 application/epub+zip 1597685 2024-10-09T13:00:13.585000 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1574062 2024-10-09T13:00:10.778020 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151109 2022-09-10T10:18:42.157105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146247 146144 2024-10-09T13:00:07.349093 2023-09-10T04:54:31.423589 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 146087 2007-06-29T14:09:54 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 54410 2007-06-29T14:09:56 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146078 2007-06-29T14:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 54384 2007-06-29T14:09:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22189 2024-10-09T13:00:13.721026 application/rdf+xml 20749 2024-10-09T13:00:08.144081 image/jpeg 3507 2024-10-09T13:00:08.107034 image/jpeg 1676816 2024-10-09T13:00:07.864023 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog