George Washington

By Courtenay, Calista McCabe

Book Id: WPLBN0002954113
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File Size: 59.03 MB
Reproduction Date: 2012

Title:	George Washington
Author:	Courtenay, Calista McCabe
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non-fiction, Children, Biography
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, George Washington; by William R. Thayer
Historic Publication Date:	1917
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago Mccabe Courtenay, B. C. (1917). George Washington. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
In this biography for young people, Calista McCabe Courtenay takes the reader from George Washington the surveyor to his early military career, first as a colonel in the Virgina militia and then as a member of General Braddock'a staff during the French and Indian War. He later commanded the Virginia forces before joining the First Continental Congress. Much of the book is devoted to his campaigns during the American Revolution. At the end, we see him as President for two terms. (Summary by Bill Boerst)

Summary
Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

Excerpt
Children, Biography, History, Teen/Young adult, War stories, Politics