Coe, Alexis, <br/><br/>
You never forget your first :  a biography of George Washington  
Alexis Coe. 
 - New York, N.Y.  Penguin Books,  2021 
 - xlii, 261 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-250) and index. 
<br/><br/>You never forget your first: but you do misremember him -- Introduction: The thigh men of Dad history -- part 1. Reluctant rebel. His mother's son -- "Pleases my taste" -- "The world on fire" -- "Blow out my brains" -- The Widow Custis -- "I cannot speak plainer" -- "What manner of man I am" -- "The shackles of slavery" -- part 2. General George Washington's American Revolution: off the battlefied. Hardball with the Howe brothers -- The court of public opinion -- George Washington, Agent 711 -- Eight years away -- "From whence no traveller returns" -- part 3. Mr. President. Unretirement -- The Presidency; or, "The place of his execution" -- Infant nation -- "Political suicide" -- Farewell to "cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men" -- part 5. "I die hard." Final Retirement -- " 'Tis well" -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780735224117 0735224110 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019461070 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Washington, George, 1732-1799. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Presidents--United States--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Politics and government--1783-1789.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E312  / .C66 2021 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.41092  / COE