The Resource Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations, by John Avlon
Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations, by John Avlon
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The item Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations, by John Avlon represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library.
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- Summary
- "The Farewell was published at the end of Washington's second term. It was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The President began the letter during his first term intending to retire but was persuaded by Hamilton and Jefferson to run for a second. By the end of that term he was the object of scurrilous press attacks and alarmed by the growing partisan bitterness. Fearful for the country's future, Washington pled with his countrymen to resist hyper-partisanship and foreign alliances. He called for unity among "citizens by birth or choice," defended religious pluralism, called for national education. His message to the country was urgent. Avlon describes how it was quoted by Jackson, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and importantly by Lincoln in defense of the Union. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson called on it for nation-building; Kennedy for Cold war; Reagan for religion. Clinton kept a copy on his Oval Office wall. In Washington's Farewell, Avlon offers important insight into Washington's his final public days, presenting not only a startling description of the perilous state of the new nation but a rare view of the man behind the usual face of a tranquil First Father"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476746470
- Label
- Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations
- Title
- Washington's farewell
- Title remainder
- the founding father's warning to future generations
- Statement of responsibility
- by John Avlon
- Title variation
- Washington's fare well
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The Farewell was published at the end of Washington's second term. It was reprinted in newspapers across the country. The President began the letter during his first term intending to retire but was persuaded by Hamilton and Jefferson to run for a second. By the end of that term he was the object of scurrilous press attacks and alarmed by the growing partisan bitterness. Fearful for the country's future, Washington pled with his countrymen to resist hyper-partisanship and foreign alliances. He called for unity among "citizens by birth or choice," defended religious pluralism, called for national education. His message to the country was urgent. Avlon describes how it was quoted by Jackson, Webster, Clay, Calhoun, and importantly by Lincoln in defense of the Union. Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson called on it for nation-building; Kennedy for Cold war; Reagan for religion. Clinton kept a copy on his Oval Office wall. In Washington's Farewell, Avlon offers important insight into Washington's his final public days, presenting not only a startling description of the perilous state of the new nation but a rare view of the man behind the usual face of a tranquil First Father"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Avlon, John P
- Dewey number
- 973.4/1092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E312.952
- LC item number
- .A94 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington, George
- Washington, George
- National characteristics, American
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General
- HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
- Label
- Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations, by John Avlon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 959038802
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476746470
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2016045258
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Washington's farewell : the founding father's warning to future generations, by John Avlon
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Control code
- 959038802
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- x, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781476746470
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Lccn
- 2016045258
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
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