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George Washington's World

by Genevieve Foster Author

(From Amazon): 1942 Newbery Honor Title The period measured by the life of George Washington 1732 to 1799 was one of revolution and change in many parts of the world as Enlightenment thinking took hold in the minds of men. When George was a young man, Benjamin Franklin was the most well-known American, Louis XV was on the throne of France, and George II was king of England. Father Junipero Serra had just arrived in Mexico to work with the Panes Indians. Mozart and Bach were writing their immortal music and Voltaire warred with his pen against Ignorance, Injustice and Superstition. The young nobleman Lafayette watched the feisty American colonies with fascinated interest as they stood up to Mother England when she sought to tax them unfairly. James Cook was sent by the Royal Society of London to Tahiti where their team of astronomers might observe a total eclipse of the sun and thereby accurately measure the distance between the earth and the sun. These are just a few of the wonderful narratives explored by Foster in her Newbery Honor Book of 1940. Prolifically illustrated with intriguing line drawings and detailed timelines, Foster's telling of the life story of George Washington does justice to the man it celebrates.

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Additional Details

Resource Type
Book
ISBN
978-0-9643803-4
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
120
Pages
357
Geographical Setting
North America, Poland, China, Japan, Europe, Egypt, Turkey, Italy
Historical Setting
1732 - 1799
Publisher
Beautiful Feet Bks
Edition
Expanded
Copyright
1997

Chapters

  • 1 A Boy of Virginia p. 5
  • 2 Daniel Boone, A Boy of the Backwoods p.10
  • 3 John Adams Farmer Boy p. 12
  • 4 John Hancock, A Boy of Boston p. 15
  • 5 Abigail, A Girl Who Liked Ideas p. 18
  • 6 Pontiac, A Boy of the Ottawa p. 19
  • 7 Benjamin West p. 21
  • 8 The Friendly Printer p. 23
  • 9 The Asante of Africa Unite p. 28
  • 10 England vs. Spain in the New World p. 30
  • 11 Spain and the Pueblos of New Mexico p. 32
  • 12 Frederick, Soldier King of Prussia p.35
  • 13 Johann Sebastian Bach p.38
  • 14 Catherine: Her Journey to Russia p.39
  • 15 The King of France and His Subjects p.42
  • 16 Pierre Caron, Born a Bourgeois! p.45
  • 17 The Great Voltaire p.49
  • 18 James Cook Goes to Sea p.52
  • 19 James Watt, A Clever Lad of Scotland p.54
  • 20 A King But Not a Ruler p. 56
  • 21 Benjamin Franklin Looks and Learns p.59
  • 22 Fray Junipero Serra p. 62
  • 23 Qianlong and the "Barbarians" p. 67
  • 24 India and the European Traders p. 71
  • 25 France and England in America p. 73
  • 26 French and Indian War Begins p.75
  • 27 Seven Years' War Begins p. 81
  • 28 The Empire Builder p. 83
  • 29 "Leave Our Land" p. 86
  • 30 George III p. 90
  • 31 A Young Poet Named Phillis p. 91
  • 32 George and Martha Washington p.93
  • 33 Thomas Jefferson and His Mountaind p. 96
  • 34 The End of the Seven Years' War p.99
  • 35 Goethe Sees Both Sides p. 101
  • 36 Catherine: Empress of the Russians p.104
  • 37 Voltaire and His Pen p. 108
  • 38 To The South Seas with Captain Cook p. 115
  • 39 Lavoisier and Oxygen p. 118
  • 40 The Steam Engine p.119
  • 41 His Majesty George III p. 122
  • 42 Frederick the Miser and Louis the Waster p. 130
  • 43 Marie Antoinetter, the Litte Austrian Princess p. 133
  • 44 Lafayetter, A Young French Nobleman p. 136
  • 45 Enter Napoleon Buonaparte p. 139
  • 46 Italy: the Land of Beauty p. 140
  • 47 A King and a Painter of Spain p. 143
  • 48 The Corsairs of Algiers p. 144
  • 49 The Turkish Empire and Its Sultan p. 145
  • 50 Poland p. 147
  • 51 The Empress and the Sultun p. 149
  • 52 Home to China p. 150
  • 53 Japan and the "Passing World" p. 151
  • 54 Alexander Hamilton, Boy of the West Indies p. 154
  • 55 John Paul Jones p. 156
  • 56 Olaudah Equiano Writes About Being a Slave p. 158
  • 57 Spain's New Colony p. 161
  • 58 Over the Mountain with Boone p. 165
  • 59 Rebellion in Massachusetts p. 168
  • 60 The First Congress p. 173
  • 61 The Battle of Bunker Hill p. 176
  • 62 John Adams Selects a Commander p. 178
  • 63 Declaration of Independence p. 185
  • 64 Echoes in Europe p. 190
  • 65 Benjamin Franklin in France p. 192
  • 66 Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI p. 195
  • 67 Lafayette Sails for America p. 198
  • 68 The Old Fox Retreats p. 201
  • 69 Misadventures of 1777 p. 205
  • 70 "To Carry the News!" p. 209
  • 71 Valley Forge p. 211
  • 72 The French Alliance p. 215
  • 73 George Rogers Clark p. 218
  • 74 "A Hero in Two Worlds" p. 221
  • 75 The Bon Homme Richard p. 223
  • 76 Spain Beseiges Gibraltar p. 225
  • 77 Holland Defends Her Trade p. 226
  • 78 Napoleon Buonaparte p. 227
  • 79 Benedict Arnold, Traitor p. 228
  • 80 Cornwallis Surrenders p. 231
  • 81 Washington Refuses Absolute Power p. 234
  • 82 Money p. 236
  • 83 The Peace Treaty p. 239
  • 84 Empires Old and New p. 241
  • 85 Stars and Stripes in China p. 244
  • 86 Back to His Good Land p. 249
  • 87 Lonely Thomas Jefferson at Monticello p. 253
  • 88 Aviation is Born p. 256
  • 89 "The Marriage of Figaro" p. 259
  • 90 Three Americans Meet in France p. 261
  • 91 Rousseau and Silver Sheep Shears p. 264
  • 92 John Adams and George III p. 267
  • 93 Hisses for Marie Antoinette p. 269
  • 94 Old Frederick's Last Review p. 272
  • 95 Catherine's Turkish Fairy Tale p. 273
  • 96 The Assembly of The Notables p. 277
  • 97 The Not-Yet-United States p. 279
  • 98 The Constitution p. 281
  • 99 Mr. President p. 286
  • 100 Victory For the Third Estate p. 293
  • 101 "To the Bastille" p. 296
  • 102 Off With "The Baker" to Paris p. 300
  • 103 America and The Key to the Bastille p. 303
  • 104 New Machines and New Factories p. 312
  • 105 Were All Men Created Equal? p.314
  • 106 Beware the Tyrants! p. 316
  • 107 Liberty p. 319
  • 108 A New Republic for Haiti p. 322
  • 109 The United States Proclaimed Neutral p. 324
  • 110 Docter Jenner and the Smallpox Germ p. 327
  • 111 Daughters of the New Republic p. 328
  • 112 Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller p. 329
  • 113 The Reign of Terror p. 330
  • 114 Catherine, The Grandmother p. 333
  • 115 Napoleon Bonaparte p. 335
  • 116 To Italy p. 336
  • 117 To Egypt p. 339
  • 118 To Rosetta Stone: Clue To an Ancient Riddle p. 342
  • 119 Qianlong's Reply to George III p. 343
  • 120 Home to Mount Vernon p. 345

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