The Papers of George Washington: August 1755-April 1756

by George Washington, W. W. Abbot (Editor)

Overview

The ten-volume Colonial Series, covering the years 1748-1775, takes the young Washington through his command of the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War and then focuses on his political and business activities as a Virginia planter during the fifteen years before the American Revolution.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780813909233
Publisher:	University of Virginia Press
Publication date:	03/01/1983
Series:	Colonial Series , #2
Pages:	385
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.25(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Editorial Reviews

This volume covers the spring of 1777, a period when Washington's resourcefulness and perseverance were tested as much as at any time during the war. It presents in documents and annotations the myriad military and political matters with which Washington dealt when, instead of opening the new campaign by taking the field with a reinvigorated Continental army as planned, he was obliged to spend much of his time pleading with state authorities to fill their recruiting quotas and with officers to bring in the men whom they had enlisted, and was further hampered by a high desertion rate and unhappy officers. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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