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02199aim a2200433Ma 4500 001 D4152072984811E78C419DF896128E48 003 SILO 005 20170913010015 007 sd fungnnmmned 008 170324s2017 ctunnnn b n eng d 020 $a 1515917312 020 $a 9781515917311 028 02 $a DD30354 $b Recorded Books 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 14 $a E312 $b .R48 2017b 082 04 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Rhodehamel, John H. 245 10 $a George Washington : $b the wonder of the age / $c John Rhodehamel. 246 30 $a Wonder of the age. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a Old Saybrook, CT : $b Tantor Audio [a division of] Recorded Books, $c [2017] 300 $a 7 audio discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Title from container. 511 0 $a Read by Joe Barrett. 505 0 $a Look around you -- Powerful ambitions, powerful friends -- War for North America -- The rise of George Washington -- "Because we are Americans" -- Winter soldier -- Brandywine, Germantown, and Monmouth -- The great man : Yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis -- "The destiny of unborn millions" -- "On untrodden ground" : the first term -- The age of passion : the second term -- "The debt which all must pay". 520 $a Rhodehamel examines George Washington as a public figure, arguing that the man--who first achieved fame in his early twenties--is inextricably bound to his mythic status. Solidly grounded in Washington's papers and exemplary in its brevity, this approachable biography is a superb introduction to the leader whose name has become synonymous with America. 600 10 $a Washington, George, $d 1732-1799. 610 10 $a United States. $b Continental Army $x History. 650 0 $a Presidents $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Generals $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government $y 1789-1797. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft. 700 1 $a Barrett, Joe, $d 1950- $4 nrt. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20170913010224.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=D4152072984811E78C419DF896128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search