The Life of Washington: A New Edition with Primary Documents and Introduction by Peter S. OnufWeems's Life of Washington was one of the first great bestsellers in American literature. Washington, you know is gone, wrote Mason Locke Weems to Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey, and millions are gaping to read something about him. In responding to this market, Weems played an essential role in fabricating the image of Washington that has since dominated the American historical imagination and which, in its time, secured everlasting fame for the father of our country. This edition includes an introduction by Peter S. Onuf and documents from Washington's career that provide valuable insight into the construction of American national identity and that throw a provocative light on the mythmaking in which Weems engaged in writing one of the most enduring biographies in American folklore. |
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Page ix
... union . Countless eulogists rushed into print to memo- rialize the first president's life . Most were socially conservative and politically High Federalist preachers in prosperous port cities to the north who invoked filiopietistic ...
... union . Countless eulogists rushed into print to memo- rialize the first president's life . Most were socially conservative and politically High Federalist preachers in prosperous port cities to the north who invoked filiopietistic ...
Page xiv
... Union and with it the great American experiment in republican government . But this fac- tional polarization — pitting Federalist defenders of the administration and its controversial financial and foreign policies against Jeffersonian ...
... Union and with it the great American experiment in republican government . But this fac- tional polarization — pitting Federalist defenders of the administration and its controversial financial and foreign policies against Jeffersonian ...
Page xv
... union , " and of his own unremitting ef- forts to sustain and strengthen that union throughout his career , Washington sought to rise above the partisan fray , to exploit this mo- ment of withdrawal , when his influence would be ...
... union , " and of his own unremitting ef- forts to sustain and strengthen that union throughout his career , Washington sought to rise above the partisan fray , to exploit this mo- ment of withdrawal , when his influence would be ...
Page xvii
... union and brotherly love . " Union , " the first birth of true religion , appears to him as the one thing needful , the spring of political life , the bond of perfection " ( chapter 16 ) . In 1809 , union meant supporting the incoming ...
... union and brotherly love . " Union , " the first birth of true religion , appears to him as the one thing needful , the spring of political life , the bond of perfection " ( chapter 16 ) . In 1809 , union meant supporting the incoming ...
Page xviii
... Union by fomenting separatist conspiracies . By transforming Washington's admonitions to his political children on behalf of sacred union into articles of patriotic faith , and by banishing Jefferson's great rivals from the republican ...
... Union by fomenting separatist conspiracies . By transforming Washington's admonitions to his political children on behalf of sacred union into articles of patriotic faith , and by banishing Jefferson's great rivals from the republican ...
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References to this book
Myths in Stone: Religious Dimensions of Washington, D.C., Part 3 Jeffrey F. Meyer Limited preview - 2001 |
Presidential Places: A Guide to the Historic Sites of U.S. Presidents Gary W. Ferris No preview available - 1999 |