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02520aim a2200373 i 4500 001 0B1B6EBA933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20231205010040 007 sd fungnnmmneu 008 230911s2023 xxunnnne b n eng d 020 $a 0063342146 020 $a 9780063342149 035 $a (OCoLC)1396776383 040 $a TEFMT $b eng $e rda $c TEFMT $d JUH $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Baier, Bret, $e narrator. $e narrator. 245 10 $a To rescue the constitution [CD book] : $b George Washington and the fragile American experience / $c Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a United States : $b Harper Audio, $c [2023] 300 $a 10 audio discs (11 hrs., 40 min.) ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 114000 511 0 $a Read by Bret Baier. 520 $a George Washington rescued the nation three times: first by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, second by presiding over the Constitutional Convention that set the blueprint for the United States and ushering the Constitution through a fractious ratification process, and third by leading the nation as its first president. After the War of Independence, the states were no more than a loosely knit and contentious confederation with no strong central union. At the calling of a Constitutional Convention to meet in Philadelphia during the summer of 1787, Washington set aside his plan to retire to Mount Vernon and agreed to be a delegate. As president of the convention he successfully brought the Constitution into being. Washington then sacrificed any hope of returning to private life by accepting the unanimous election to be the nation's first president. 505 0 $a Our common ground -- Where are the delegates? -- A stroke of destiny -- The king's uniform -- Breaking point -- The colonies convene -- The command -- "Victory or death" -- Washington's crucible -- The final fight -- The unraveling union -- The scaffold of a republic -- We have a constitution -- The people decide -- The first term -- The gift of a peaceful transition -- In their footsteps. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. 650 0 $a Presidents. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y 1783-1815. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Audiobooks. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Whitney, Catherine, $d 1950- $e author. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20231205011052.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0B1B6EBA933C11EEBCD0C43545ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search