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Title:
The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / Colin G. Calloway.
Author:
Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- author.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Call Number:
E312.17 .C17 2018
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9780190652166
Physical Description:
xviii, 621 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents:
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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