The Resource An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America, Henry Wiencek
An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America, Henry Wiencek
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The item An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America, Henry Wiencek represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- "Sort of shadowy life"
- Great escape
- Mrs. Peter's patrimony
- Justice of the creator
- Introduction : General's dream
- Home ground
- On the borderland
- Widow Custis
- Life honorable and amusing
- Scheme in Williamsburg
- So sacred a war as this
- Different destiny
- Isbn
- 9780374175269
- Label
- An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America
- Title
- An imperfect god
- Title remainder
- George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America
- Statement of responsibility
- Henry Wiencek
- Subject
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- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Political aspects
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- trueUnited States
- truePresidents
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
- Language
- eng
- Award
-
- Library Journal Best Books, 2003.
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History, 2003.
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 162806
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Wiencek, Henry
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Washington, George
- Washington, George
- Presidents
- Slavery
- United States
- Slavery
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America
- Label
- An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America, Henry Wiencek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-390) 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
- Contents
-
- "Sort of shadowy life"
- Great escape
- Mrs. Peter's patrimony
- Justice of the creator
- Introduction : General's dream
- Home ground
- On the borderland
- Widow Custis
- Life honorable and amusing
- Scheme in Williamsburg
- So sacred a war as this
- Different destiny
- Control code
- 467651
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374175269
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2003006984
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374175269
- (Sirsi) ADL-9102
- Label
- An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America, Henry Wiencek
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-390) 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
- Contents
-
- "Sort of shadowy life"
- Great escape
- Mrs. Peter's patrimony
- Justice of the creator
- Introduction : General's dream
- Home ground
- On the borderland
- Widow Custis
- Life honorable and amusing
- Scheme in Williamsburg
- So sacred a war as this
- Different destiny
- Control code
- 467651
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 404 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780374175269
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2003006984
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780374175269
- (Sirsi) ADL-9102
Subject
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography
- trueSlavery
- Slavery -- Political aspects
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History
- Slavery -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 18th century
- trueUnited States
- truePresidents
- trueUnited States -- Race relations
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Relations with slaves
- trueUnited States -- Politics and government -- 1775-1783
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