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Riding with George
Sportsmanship & Chivalry in the Making of America's First President
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Riding with George
Sportsmanship & Chivalry in the Making of America's First President
About this book
Long before George Washington was a president or general, he was a sportsman. At six feet two inches with a penchant for rambunctious horse riding, what he lacked in formal schooling he made up for in physical strength, skill, and ambition. Washington's memorable performances on the hunting field and on the battlefield helped crystallize his contribution to our modern ideas about athleticism and chivalry, even as they also highlight the intimate ties between sports and war. Author Philip G. Smucker, a fifth-great grandnephew of George Washington, uses his background as a war correspondent, sports reporter, and amateur equestrian to weave an insightful tale based upon his own travels in the footsteps of Washington as a surveyor, sportsman, and field commander.
Riding with George is "boots-in-stirrups" storytelling that unspools Washington's rise to fame in a never-before-told tale. It shows how a young Virginian's athleticism and Old World chivalry propelled him to become a model of right action and good manners for a fledgling nation.
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INDEX
Familial parenthetical qualifiers indicate family relationship to George Washington.
- Adams, Abigail, 242, 296, 300, 324
- Adams, John, 225, 242, 300â301, 320
- Addison, Joseph, 55, 148
- Agrippa, Camillo, 176
- alcohol, use of
- in battle, 122, 262
- during foxhunts, 5
- by GW, 19, 94, 160, 322
- by Knights of the Golden Horseshoe, 22
- in political process, 166, 188, 322
- in public, 187
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- Alexander, Giles, 241â242
- Alexandria jockey clubs, 312
- Allen, Richard, 306
- ambition (character trait), 83
- American Revolution, 211â212
- amusements. See dance and dancing; gambling; sports
- Angus, Larry, 317â318
- animals, GWâs love of, 9, 12, 45, 96, 344
- Annapolis, Maryland, 302
- appearances, importance of, 2, 68, 186, 193, 224, 248, 288, 345
- Appleby School, 174
- archery, 22
- aristocratic lifestyle
- French Revolution and, 327â329, 331
- G...
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- A Note on Sources
- Preface
- Introduction: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of the Fox
- I - Englishman in America
- II - War Games and Folly
- III - Gentleman Sportsman
- IV - Clever Like a Fox
- V - Master of Manners
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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