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Bibliographic Information
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The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
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Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press,
- Pub date:
- [2018]
- Pages:
- xviii, 621 pages :
- ISBN:
- 9780190652166
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult nonfiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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323.1197090 CAL
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The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation
Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-
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Personal Author:
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Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-
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Title:
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The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / Colin G. Calloway.
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Physical description:
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xviii, 621 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
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Contents:
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Learning curves -- Virginia's Indian country -- The Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- Into Tanaghrisson's world -- Tanaghrisson's war -- Braddock and the limits of empire -- Frontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- Frontier advance and a Cherokee war -- The other revolution -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land" -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- The first President and the first Americans -- An Indian policy for the new nation -- Courting McGillivray -- The greatest Indian victory -- Philadelphia Indian diplomacy -- Achieving empire -- Transforming Indian lives -- A death and a non-death.
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Summary:
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"An authoritative, sweeping, and fresh new biography of the nation's first president, Colin G. Calloway's book reveals fully the dimensions and depths of George Washington's relations with the First Americans."--Provided by publisher.
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Personal subject:
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Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relations with Indians.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America--Government relations.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America--History--18th century.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America.--Government relations.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America.--Wars--1750-1815.
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Subject term:
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Indians of North America.--History--18th century.
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Geographic term:
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United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
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Geographic term:
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.