Title George Washington written upon the land : nature, memory, myth & landscape / Philip Levy

Edition First edition Published Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource Contents "The most storied ground in America" : an introduction -- "Somewhere this had beginnings" : unspooling Washington's childhood biography -- Completing the circuit of memory : Washington and his parting survey -- The subterranean young Washington : crafting a material narrative for the childhood years -- Fruits of morality and fruits of the market : Weems's idyll at the crossroads of war and markets -- "The local appellation based on tradition only" : making history from process at George Washington's surveying office -- To change the world : young George and Ferry Farm in the era of human-induced climate change Summary "In George Washington Written upon the Land, Philip Levy explores this most famous of American childhoods through its relationship to the Virginia farm where much of it took place. Using approaches from biography, archaeology, folklore, and studies of landscape and material culture, Levy focuses on how different ideas about Washington's childhood functioned--what sorts of lessons they sought to teach, and how different epochs and writers understood the man and the past itself"--Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Childhood and youth Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Stafford County Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Public opinion Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- In literature SUBJECT Washington, George, 1732-1799 fast Subject Ferry Farm (Stafford County, Va.) -- History SUBJECT Ferry Farm (Stafford County, Va.) fast Subject Surveyors -- Virginia -- Biography Material culture -- Virginia -- Stafford County -- History Landscapes -- Virginia -- Stafford County -- History Collective memory -- United States -- History Public opinion -- United States -- History BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical. HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General. Childhood and youth of a person Collective memory Homes Landscapes Literature Material culture Public opinion Surveyors United States Virginia Virginia -- Stafford County Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book LC no. 2016000532 ISBN 9781940425917 1940425913 9781940425924 1940425921

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