كتاب
George Washington's first war: his early military adventures
| العنوان: | George Washington's first war: his early military adventures |
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| المؤلفون: | Clary, David A. |
| بيانات النشر: | New York : Simon & Schuster, 2011. 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
| سنة النشر: | 2011 |
| وصف مادي: | xxiii, 351 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 1st, 1753-1754., Washington's Expedition to the Ohio, 2nd, 1754., Fort Necessity, Battle of, Pa., 1754., Braddock's Campaign, 1755., Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, 1758., Forbes Expedition against Fort Duquesne, Pa., 1758., History. |
| Subject Person: | Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Military leadership. |
| جغرافية الموضوع: | United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Campaigns. |
| الوصف: | Documents the military experiences of the future American president during the French and Indian War, offering insight into the realities of wilderness warfare and the trials and tragedies that informed Washington's leadership. |
| ملاحظة حول المحتويات: | Prologue : Pickawillany (June 21, 1752) -- Chuising rather to sleep in the open air (1732-1753) -- The nations of these countries are very ill-disposed (1600-1753) -- You see brothers I have got thus far on my journey (1753-1754) -- I heard the bullets whistle (1754) -- Join your French father and help him crush the assassins (1754) -- There has been vile management in regard to horses (1755) -- I expected nothing but death for ever one of us (1755) -- We took some pretty vigorous measures to collect a force (1755-1756) -- I am afraid to turn to this hand or to that (1756) -- Discontent and murmuring will ensue (1757) -- All is lost by heavens! Our enterprise ruin'd (1758) -- Envoi : I do not think myself equal to the command (1759-1799) -- Epilogue : Braddock's grave (October 13, 1913). |
| Original Identifier: | ocn646112635 (PromptCat)40018882215 |
| نوع الوثيقة: | Book |
| اللغة: | English |
| ردمك: | 978-1-4391-8110-2 978-1-4391-8112-6 1-4391-8110-1 1-4391-8112-8 |
| حقوق: | This record is part of the Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset, which is provided by the Harvard Library under its Bibliographic Dataset Use Terms and includes data made available by, among others, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. and the Library of Congress. |
| ملاحظات: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edshlc.012689538.4 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Harvard Library Bibliographic Dataset |
| ردمك: | 9781439181102 9781439181126 1439181101 1439181128 |
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