Title: Washington on Washington
Description: "For most Americans, George Washington is more of a legend than a man - a face on our currency or an austere figure standing in a rowboat crossing the icy Delaware River. He was equally revered in his own time. At the helm of a country born of idealism and revolution, Washington reluctantly played the role of demigod that the new nation required - a role reconciling the rhetoric of democracy with the ritual of monarchy."--Jacket.
Subjects: Politics and government, Presidents, Sources, Archives, Quotations, Biography, Washington, george, 1732-1799, Presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, 1775-1783, United states, politics and government, 1783-1809
Places: United States
People: George Washington (1732-1799)
Time periods: 1775-1783, 1783-1809