General George Washington.GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. Edward G. Lengel. 2005. Read by Jack Garrett. 14 tapes. 20.75 hrs. Recorded Books. $109.75. 1-4193-4547-8. Vinyl; content, reader notes. SA This detailed military biography is well organized and written in a pleasant conversational style. Lengel shows how Washington's life was gently molded and guided into a military career from an early age. He then shows how the 21-year-old Washington gained further experience with the Virginia militia The Virginia militia is composed of the body of the people in the Commonwealth of Virginia which is an armed force of all citizens capable of bearing arms. The Virginia militia was established in 1607 as part of the British militia system. in the campaign to dislodge the French from Fort Duquesne Fort Duquesne (dəkān`, d  –), at the junction of the Monongahela and Allegheny rivers, on the site of Pittsburgh, SW Pa. during the French and Indian War French and Indian WarNorth American phase of a war between France and Britain to control colonial territory (1754–63). The war's more complex European phase was the Seven Years' War. . Finally, the author follows Washington to Boston and the beginning of the American Revolution American Revolution, 1775–83, struggle by which the Thirteen Colonies on the Atlantic seaboard of North America won independence from Great Britain and became the United States. It is also called the American War of Independence. , through the New York and New Jersey campaigns The New York and New Jersey campaign was a series of engagements in the American Revolutionary War between British forces under General Sir William Howe and an American army under General George Washington. . He finally lists the "should have's, could have's, and would have's" that might have tipped the balance of the war in favor of one side or the other. As Lengel tallies up Washington's accomplishments and failures, the scales are finally heavily tilted to the positive side. Narrator NARRATOR. A pleader who draws narrs serviens narrator, a sergeant at law. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 37. Obsolete. Garrett's scholarly, warm, unvoiced reading is serious and enthusiastic, much needed in a work that contains much primary source material that includes quotations from letters, diaries, reports and other writings of the day. Prof. John E. Boyd, Jenkintown, PA S--Recommended for senior high school students. A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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