TY - BOOK DB - /z-wcorg/ DP - http://worldcat.org ID - 40147096 LA - English T1 - The great experiment : George Washington and the American Republic A1 - Rhodehamel, John H., Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery., Gilder Lehrman Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library), Pierpont Morgan Library., PB - Yale University Press ; Huntington Library CY - New Haven; San Marino, Calif. Y1 - 1998/// SN - 0300076142 9780300076141 0873281748 9780873281744 AB - To most Americans, George Washington is a remote figured encased in myth, more a monument than a man. This book brings him vividly to life once again--a man who was born a loyal subject of the British Crown and became the leader of a radical revolution, a victorious military leader who relinquished the trappings of power to return to farming, a reluctant statesman who forged the institutions of a popular government that have endured for two centuries. The text is enhanced by illustrations that reproduce an array of original documents, contemporary portraits, artifacts, and personal memorabilia of Washington and her family.--From publisher description. ER -