George Washington rritten upon the land: nature, memory, myth & landscape

"In George Washington Written upon the Land, Philip Levy explores this most famous of American childhoods through its relationship to the Virginia farm where much of it took place. Using approaches from biography, archaeology, folklore, and studies of landscape and material culture, Levy focuse...

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Main Author: Levy, Philip 1963- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Morgantown West Virginia University Press 2015
Edition:First edition
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Summary:"In George Washington Written upon the Land, Philip Levy explores this most famous of American childhoods through its relationship to the Virginia farm where much of it took place. Using approaches from biography, archaeology, folklore, and studies of landscape and material culture, Levy focuses on how different ideas about Washington's childhood functioned...what sorts of lessons they sought to teach, and how different epochs and writers understood the man and the past itself"...Provided by publisher
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:x, 293 Seiten, 7 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln 21 cm
ISBN:9781940425894
9781940425900