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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.
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. --Publisher's description.
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- ISBN: 9780190652166
- ISBN: 0190652160
- Physical Description: xviii, 621 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 493-580) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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 -- Confronting the Indian boundary -- "A good deal of land" -- The question of Indian allies -- Town destroyer -- Killing Crawford -- Building a nation on Indian land -- 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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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe Indian world of George Washington : ‡bthe first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / ‡cColin G. Calloway. |
| 246 | 3 | 0. | ‡aFirst President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation. |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York, NY : ‡bOxford University Press, ‡c[2018] | |
| 300 | . | ‡axviii, 621 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : ‡billustrations (chiefly color), maps ; ‡c25 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 493-580) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | 0. | ‡tVirginia's Indian country -- ‡tThe Ohio Company and the Ohio Country -- ‡tInto Tanaghrisson's world -- ‡tTanaghrisson's war -- ‡tBraddock and the limits of empire -- ‡tFrontier defense and a Cherokee alliance -- ‡tFrontier advance and a Cherokee war -- ‡tConfronting the Indian boundary -- ‡t"A good deal of land" -- ‡tThe question of Indian allies -- ‡tTown destroyer -- ‡tKilling Crawford -- ‡tBuilding a nation on Indian land -- ‡tAn Indian policy for the new nation -- ‡tCourting McGillivray -- ‡tThe greatest Indian victory -- ‡tPhiladelphia Indian diplomacy -- ‡tAchieving empire -- ‡tTransforming Indian lives -- ‡tA death and a non-death. |
| 520 | . | ‡aAn 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. --Publisher's description. | |
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