GEORGE WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY: THE PRESIDENT FORGES A NEW NATION by T.H. Breen
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George Washington's Journey: The President Forges a New Nation by T.H. Breen
In George Washington's Journey, T. H. Breen reconstructs a bold and original trip that transformed American political culture. Worried about the stability of the new constitutional order, the first president organized a series of arduous journeys that took him to all thirteen states.
By taking the government to the people, he believed he could help them better understand the pressing need to support a strong federal union. At every stop, he reminded ordinary Americans that the new nation was -- must be -- more than a sum of its separate parts.
We encounter on this tour a Washington we rarely meet. A master of political theater, the president attended to every detail: the appearance of the coach, the grooming of horses, the visits to Revolutionary battlefields, and the receptions and dancing that lasted long into the night. These grand events invited ordinary Americans -- women as well as men, many of whom could not vote -- to pull together so that they might fulfill the hopes that inspired the Revolution.
Simon & Schuster, Hardcover, 2016
This is a BRAND NEW book. There is a red "closeout/remainder" mark on the top page edges.
In George Washington's Journey, T. H. Breen reconstructs a bold and original trip that transformed American political culture. Worried about the stability of the new constitutional order, the first president organized a series of arduous journeys that took him to all thirteen states.
By taking the government to the people, he believed he could help them better understand the pressing need to support a strong federal union. At every stop, he reminded ordinary Americans that the new nation was -- must be -- more than a sum of its separate parts.
We encounter on this tour a Washington we rarely meet. A master of political theater, the president attended to every detail: the appearance of the coach, the grooming of horses, the visits to Revolutionary battlefields, and the receptions and dancing that lasted long into the night. These grand events invited ordinary Americans -- women as well as men, many of whom could not vote -- to pull together so that they might fulfill the hopes that inspired the Revolution.
Simon & Schuster, Hardcover, 2016
This is a BRAND NEW book. There is a red "closeout/remainder" mark on the top page edges.
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