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

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

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780190652166 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: xvii, 621 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, (some color) maps ; 25 cm
  • Publisher: [New York, NY] : Oxford University Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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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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.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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