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George Washington s America: A Biography Through His Maps Signed by the Author

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George Washington's America: A Biography Through His Maps by Barnet Schecter. Signed by the author and inscribed to the underwriter of this publication Joan Kaplan Davidson, a very well respected Philanthropist. As president of a foundation established by her father, she focused her grant making on issues related to the city’s architecture, design and quality of life. Ms. Davidson served as chairwoman of the New York State Council on the Arts in the 1970s and as New York State parks commissioner in the 1990s. This book was her personal copy. George Washington from his teens until his death, the maps he drew and purchased were always central to his work. After his death, many of the most important maps he had acquired were bound into an atlas. The atlas remained in his family for almost a century before it was sold and eventually ended up at Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library. Inspired by these remarkable maps, historian Barnet Schecter has crafted a unique portrait of our first Founding Father, placing the reader at the scenes of his early career as a surveyor, his dramatic exploits in the French and Indian War (his altercation with the French is credited as the war's spark), his struggles throughout the American Revolution as he outmaneuvered the far more powerful British army, his diplomacy as president, and his shaping of the new republic. Beautifully illustrated in color, with twenty-four of the full atlas maps, dozens more detail views from those maps, and numerous additional maps (some drawn by Washington himself), portraits, and other images are reproduced in an elegant large format-George Washington's America allows readers to visualize history through Washington's eyes, and sheds fresh light on the man and his times. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large collection of used and out of print books on art, architecture, decoration and antiques with a focus on 1st editions, signed and limited editions. We offer free shipping to any domestic address.

Dimensions:
Height: 13.25 in (33.66 cm)Width: 10.25 in (26.04 cm)Depth: 1.25 in (3.18 cm)
Materials and Techniques:
Paper
Place of Origin:
United States
Period:
21st Century
Date of Manufacture:
2010
Condition:
new and unread.
Seller Location:
valatie, NY
Reference Number:
Seller: NP1736K1stDibs: LU2605143558632

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