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Author:

Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953- author.

Title:

The Indian world of George Washington : the first President, the first Americans, and the birth of the nation / Colin G. Calloway.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 621 pages, 8 unnumbered page of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Subject:

Washington, George,--1732-1799--Relations with Indians.
Indians of North America--Government relations.
Indians of North America--Wars--1750-1815.
Indians of North America--History--18th century.
United States--History--French and Indian War, 1754-1763.
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

"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:

0190652160
9780190652166

OCLC:

(OCoLC)992798464

LCCN:

2017028686

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TZPC572 -- Center Point Public Library (Center Point)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

AJPE887 -- Matilda J. Gibson Memorial Library (Creston)

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OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

UUAX975 -- Briar Cliff University - Mueller Library (Sioux City)

WHPE115 -- Storm Lake Public Library (Storm Lake)

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