"Mr. President" : George Washington and the making of the nation's highest office

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Label

"Mr. President" : George Washington and the making of the nation's highest office

Title remainder

George Washington and the making of the nation's highest office

Statement of responsibility

Harlow Giles Unger

Creator

• Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

Subject

• HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State
• Executive power -- United States -- History
• Washington, George, 1732-1799
• United States -- Politics and government -- 1789-1797

Language

eng

Summary

"Although the framers gave the president little authority, George Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of future leaders. To ensure their ability to defend the nation, he simply ignored the Constitution when he thought it necessary. In a revealing new look at the birth of American government, [this book] describes Washington's presidency in a time of continual crisis, as rebellion and attacks by foreign enemies threatened to destroy this new nation"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

973.4/1092

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E311

LC item number

.U54 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography