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Riding with George : sportsmanship and chivalry in the making of America's first president
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- Creator
- Philip G. Smucker
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2017]
- ©2017
- Physical Details
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- xviii, 362 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781613736050, 1613736053, 9781613736067
- OCLC
- ocn989862465
- Includes index.
- Introudction : life, liberty, and the pursuit of the fox -- Part I. Englishman in America -- Passage into the woods -- Born on an empire's edge -- Mother, manners, and cockfights -- Blood sports in the Shenandoah -- A gentleman's code -- The sorrows of young George -- Part II. War games and folly -- Mission for a flawed hero -- Charms of war -- Brave to a fault -- Cavalier in love and war -- Hog wild in Winchester -- Part III. Gentleman sportsman -- En garde! -- Minuets and other gentler conflicts -- Augustan man of manners -- In the garden with Martha -- Good masters and petty tyrants -- Gentleman rebel -- Bowling with George -- Part IV. Clever like a fox -- The world is his stage -- Victory or death -- A fine fox chase -- Drama in the valley of death -- Two old school chevaliers -- Part V. Master of manners -- Leading the Revolution in style -- Southern persuasions -- Fear and glory at the races -- L'aristocrat meets le guillotine -- A sportsman for all seasons