The great experiment
Subtitle: George Washington and the American Republic
By: John Rhodehamel ; foreword by Gordon S. Wood.
Contributors: Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.; Gilder Lehrman Collection (Pierpont Morgan Library); Pierpont Morgan Library.
Publisher: Yale University Press; Huntington Library
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New Haven; San Marino, Calif
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780300076141; 9780873281744
Subjects: Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Exhibitions; United States. Continental Army -- Biography -- Exhibitions; Presidents -- United States -- Biography -- Exhibitions; Generals -- United States -- Biography -- Exhibitions; United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797 -- Exhibitions; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Exhibitions
Genres: Exhibitions.; Biography
Description: "To most Americans, George Washington is a remote figure encased in myth, more a monument than a man. This new books 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 numerous illustrations that reproduce an array of original documents, contemporary portraits, artifacts, and personal memorabilia of Washington and his family." "This book is the catalogue for an exhibition that opens at the Huntington Library in Los Angeles in October 1998 and moves on to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York City in September 1999."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-172) and index.
"Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Huntington Library with additional material from the Gilder Lehrman Collection and the Pierpont Morgan Library."
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Gordon S. Wood; title: A note from the Director / David S. Zeidberg; title: George Washington chronology; title: The great experiment : prologue; title: Powerful ambitions, powerful friends; title: War for North America; title: Potomac planter; title: "Because we are Americans"; title: Winter soldier; title: The great man : Yorktown, Newburgh, and Annapolis; title: First citizen; title: "The fate of unborn millions"; title: President; title: Farewell; title: Exhibition checklist; title: Suggested reading