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George Washington's Barbados Diary, 1751-52 - (Hardcover)

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  • In the autumn of 1751, at the age of nineteen, George Washington sailed with his older half-brother Lawrence from Virginia to the Caribbean island of Barbados--the one and only time that the future Revolutionary War hero and president would leave the shores of continental North America.
  • Author(s): George Washington
  • 216 Pages
  • Biography + Autobiography, Historical

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"This edition has been prepared by the staff of The Washington Papers, sponsored by The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union and the University of Virginia."



Book Synopsis



In the autumn of 1751, at the age of nineteen, George Washington sailed with his older half-brother Lawrence from Virginia to the Caribbean island of Barbados--the one and only time that the future Revolutionary War hero and president would leave the shores of continental North America. Lawrence had long been in poor health and hoped, in vain, that the island climate would prove restorative. The Washingtons landed in early November, and George spent seven weeks on Barbados, recording his impressions of everything from the exotic landscapes and local culture, to the cultivation of sugarcane and the particulars of plantation slavery, before bidding his brother adieu and embarking on the return sail to Virginia. The two sea voyages provided plenty of adventure, at times harrowing, and framed an island interlude that exposed young George to new cultures and new experiences--and also to smallpox. His exposure to the dread disease, and his resulting immunity, would prove fateful a quarter century later when the commander in chief of the ragtag American revolutionary forces blunted a threat more grave than British cannon by directing the immunization of his troops. Technological advances and fresh scholarship make this the most comprehensive and authoritative edition that has ever been--or likely will ever be--published.



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"This definitive edition of George Washington's journal of his voyage to Barbados is the first to appear in more than one hundred years, and it represents the finest edition ever produced. Every historian who seriously attempts to write about the early life of George Washington will need to reference and read this version."


Dimensions (Overall): 8.53 Inches (H) x 8.85 Inches (W) x .73 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.77 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Historical
Genre: Biography + Autobiography
Number of Pages: 216
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: George Washington
Language: English
Street Date: July 16, 2018
TCIN: 89097777
UPC: 9780813941370
Item Number (DPCI): 247-00-5184
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.73 inches length x 8.85 inches width x 8.53 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.77 pounds
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