The Wonderful Story of Washington

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Author

Stevens, C. M. (Charles McClellan), 1861-

Title

The Wonderful Story of Washington and the Meaning of His Life for the Youth and Patriotism of America

Credits

Produced by Greg Bergquist, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)

Subject

Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Juvenile literature

Category

Text

eBook-No.

41012

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41012

Release Date

October 10, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE WONDERFUL STORY OF WASHINGTON
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY CONSIDERATIONS — I. AMERICAN PATRIOTISM AND THE MEANING OF AMERICA — II. WASHINGTON’S EARLY SURROUNDINGS
4. 4.CHAPTER II THE BOY WITH A WILL AND A WAY — I. EARLY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE FIRST AMERICAN HERO 1732 — II. A COMMUNITY PROUD OF ITS FAMILY HONOR — III. THE SELF-PITY AND SENTIMENTALISM OF YOUTH
5. 5.CHAPTER III THE BEGINNINGS OF EXPERIENCE IN BORDER WARFARE — I. GETTING USED TO ROUGHING IT — II. LAND SPECULATION AS THE BEGINNING LEADING TO AMERICAN SELF-GOVERNMENT — III. THE STRUGGLE OF NATIONS FOR THE INDIAN’S HUNTING GROUNDS
6. 6.CHAPTER IV THE RIVALRY AND DIPLOMACY OF THE FRONTIER — I. THE FIRST GREAT PROBLEMS OF THE INDIANS — II. ALARM FOR THE FUTURE — III. INDIFFERENCE TO GREAT INTERESTS
7. 7.CHAPTER V THE CONSEQUENCE OF ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE — I. ANNOYANCES AND ANTAGONISMS — II. DISHONORS AND DISASTERS — III. WASHINGTON ENTERING THE SCHOOL OF WAR
8. 8.CHAPTER VI THE STRUGGLE FOR FORT DUQUESNE — I. THE SEPARATION BEGINNING BETWEEN THE COLONIES AND ENGLAND — II. LESSONS GATHERED FROM DEFEAT — III. SOME PERSONAL INTERESTS AT HOME
9. 9.CHAPTER VII THE FATE OF THE OHIO VALLEY — I. FRONTIER FEARS AND PANICS — II. POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND OFFICIAL CONFUSION — III. “A MATTER OF GREAT ADMIRATION”
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII THE BEGINNING SIGNS OF A GREAT REVOLUTION — I. MILITARY VICTORY AND A HAPPY MARRIAGE — II. LIFE FULFILLED AS A VIRGINIA COUNTRY GENTLEMAN — III. THE MOMENTOUS STRUGGLE BETWEEN MIGHT AND RIGHT
11. 11.CHAPTER IX SOWING THE WIND AND REAPING THE WHIRLWIND — I. MOUNT VERNON AT FIRST IN A ZONE OF CALM — II. GIVING THE APPEARANCE AND KEEPING THE SUBSTANCE — III. “SOFT WORDS BUTTER NO PARSNIPS”
12. 12.CHAPTER X ANTAGONISMS AND HOSTILITIES — I. BLAZING THE WAY TO WAR — II. THE DOUBLE-QUICK MARCH TO REVOLUTION — III. VIOLENCE AND FLATTERY AS METHODS OF MASTERY
13. 13.CHAPTER XI GREAT MINDS IN THE GREAT STORM — I. SUPPRESSING AMERICANS — II. THE BUSINESS OF GETTING READY — III. MANY MEN OF MANY MINDS
14. 14.CHAPTER XII THE HOUSE LONG DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF — I. UNPATRIOTIC CONFUSION OF OPINIONS AND INTERESTS — II. SOMETIMES TOO LATE TO MEND — III. SELECTING THE LEADER OF LIBERTY FOR AMERICA
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII LARGE BODIES MOVE SLOWLY — I. THE FIRST COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF — II. BIG BUSINESS, MONEY-MAKERS AND PATRIOTISM — III. THE STRONG MIND FOR GREAT NEEDS
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV TURNING REVOLUTION THROUGH FREEDOM INTO GOVERNMENT — I. SEEKING RETIREMENT FOR LIFE IN THE PEACE OF A COUNTRY HOME — II. FREEDOM AND THE WRANGLE FOR PERSONAL GAIN — III. LAYING THE FOUNDATIONS OF LIBERTY AND LAW
17. 17.CHAPTER XV THE PEACE OF HOME AT LAST — I. SORROW FOR THE DEPARTED SCENES AROUND MOUNT VERNON — II. CROWNED IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME 1799 — III. A LIFE-LIKE SCENE FROM WASHINGTON’S HOME LIFE
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI STANDARDS OF AMERICAN PATRIOTISM — I. FOUNDATIONS — II. FREEDOM OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE — III. THE LOYALTY OF YOUTH
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS ON THE CHARACTER AND CAREER OF WASHINGTON — I. THE WASHINGTON IDEAL AS THE FIRST GREAT AMERICAN IDEAL — II. NOT BIRTH BUT CHARACTER MAKES AMERICANS — III. THE AMERICAN LESSON LEARNED FROM THE GREATEST LEADERS IN THE MAKING OF AMERICA

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