George Washington's America : a biography through his maps /

Schecter, Barnet.

George Washington's America : a biography through his maps / Barnet Schecter. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Walker & Co., 2010. - 303 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 34 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: An atlas tells a life story -- Virginia, Barbados, and the Ohio country -- From the Monongahela to Massachusetts -- The siege of Boston -- The American invasion of Canada -- From the Hudson to Philadelphia and back -- The war in the South -- After the Revolution : uniting an expanding nation -- Danger on the frontiers, upheaval in Europe -- Grains in the northwest and southwest, trouble with France -- Back to the land, dividing Mount Vernon -- Appendix: Contents of the Yale George Washington atlas.

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Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Map collections.
Washington, George, 1732-1799.


George Washington atlas.


Generals--United States--Biography.
Presidents--United States--Biography.


United States--Maps--Early works to 1800.
United States--History--1783-1815.
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

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