GEORGE WASHINGTON :: 1917 HB :: FREE Shipping

• Hardback book by CALISTA McCABBE COURTENAY
• ILLUSTRATED by A.M. TURNER and HARRIET KAUCHER
• Copyright, 1917, by SAM'L GABRIEL SONS & COMPANY

Contents includes:

" CHAPTER I
Washington's Early Life
Appointed as Surveyor
First Trip into the Wilderness
Entrusted with Message to the French.

CHAPTER II
Washington Appointed a Member of Gen. Braddock's Staff
French and Indian War
Washington Made Commander of Virginia Forces
Causes of the American Revolution
Washington a Member of the First Continental Army.

CHAPTER III
Beginning of the Revolution
Washington Made Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army
British Forced to Leave Boston.

CHAPTER IV
Declaration of Independence Signed
Battle of Long Island
Battle of White Plains
Washington Crosses the Delaware and Surprises the Hessians at Trenton.

CHAPTER V
Recapture of Fort Ticonderoga by Gen. Burgoyne
Battle of Brandywine
Battle of Germantown
Burgoyne's Surrender at Saratoga
Washington at Valley Forge
Alliance with France.

CHAPTER VI
Battle of Monmouth
Patriots Receive Aid from France
Recapture of Fort at Stony Point by Gen. Anthony Wayne
Washington at Morristown
Surrender of Charleston, S.C., to the British
Treason of Benedict Arnold.

CHAPTER VII
Washington Retires to Mount Vernon
Inaugurated as First President of the United States
His Reelection
His Death at Mount Vernon.

LIST OF COLORED PLATES
Washington Leaving His Home
Washington Taking Command of the Army
Washington Crossing the Delaware
At Valley Forge
Washington Bidding Farewell to His Officers
Washington Welcomed in New York "

This is a very old book and it shows its age.
The pages are very yellowed due to aging.
The cover is very worn with edgewear and fading and white spots.
No torn or ripped pages, but there are a few spots where the pages are separated from the binding where it looks like the pages were opened too wide.
No individual loose or missing pages.
There is an inscription from the previous owner on the first blank page.
The side edges of the pages also look dirty.

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