1991, ISBN: 0820312932

Hardcover

[EAN: 9780820312934], Near Fine, [PU: The University Of Georgia Press, Athens], DAVID HUMPHREYS ; GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Jacket, Introduction by Zagarri. Washington suppor… More...

[EAN: 9780820312934], Near Fine, [PU: The University Of Georgia Press, Athens], DAVID HUMPHREYS ; GEORGE WASHINGTON AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Jacket, Introduction by Zagarri. Washington supported Humphreys in preparing a biography. However , the manuscript disappeared . James Thomas Flexner found a part of the manuscript at the Rosenbach Museum in the 1960's. He used the material in his biography of Washington but he viewed Humphreys' work as an " incoherent jumble ". Humphreys' biographer , Edward M. Cifelli , called the work " hardly more than a fragment ". Zagarri located the manuscripts for this volume at three separate locations and in notebooks , speeches , letters , and book summaries. Her treatment of the provenance of the manuscripts is excellent. Washington himself reviewed and corrected parts of the manuscript material and that fact gives it special importance. Zagarri here attempts to construct the biography that Humphreys intended to write and to place his work in its full historical and literary context. She includes Washington's comments. Moreover , she demonstrates that Humpreys did indeed publish a significant part of the material but he did so anonymously. This is a fasinating work by Zagarri.<

ISBN: 0820312932

In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full for… More...

In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full form - the only biography of George Washington authorized by the general himself. Written by his close friend and military aide David Humphreys. It offers a rare, intimate glimpse of Washington's life, from his birth in 1732 until his assumption of the presidency in 1789. Humphreys became Washington's aide-de-camp during the war. Afterward, in 1786, he came to Mount Vernon at Washington's invitation and lived there for nearly three years, drawing on private papers and the general's reminiscences to compose the story of Washington's life. Humphreys never published the fuller biography, which contained important details about Washington's childhood, his life at Mount Vernon, and his agonizing struggle over whether to accept the presidency. Washington's "Remarks", a review of a part of Humphrey's manuscript, are included in this edition and reveal a personal side that he seldom exposed in his letter or other writings. 18th century,biographies,history,modern (16th-21st centuries) Biographies, Univ of Georgia Pr<

ISBN: 9780820312934

In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full for… More...

In a remarkable feat of historical detective work, Rosemarie Zagarri has assembled manuscripts from three separate archives to reconstruct - and publish for the first time in its full form - the only biography of George Washington authorized by the general himself. Written by his close friend and military aide David Humphreys. It offers a rare, intimate glimpse of Washington's life, from his birth in 1732 until his assumption of the presidency in 1789. Media >, [PU: University of Georgia Press]<

ISBN: 9780820312934

Hardcover book. 129 pages. Published by University of Georgia Press Media > Book, [PU: University of Georgia Press]