Author:
Robbins, Karen E. author.
Imprint:Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2013]
Descriptionx, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note:pt. ONE BECOMING AN AMERICAN -- One."Of a Persevering Temper" -- Two."The Commencement of Our Independence" -- Three."The Events of War Are Uncontroulable" -- Four."I Gave Up Soft Beds" -- Five."Sorcery and Majic" -- pt. TWO POLITICS, STATE AND NATIONAL -- Six."Transition from the Military to the Civil Line" -- Seven."A Delicate Task" -- Eight."For the General Good" -- Nine."A Friendship Independent of Brotherhood" -- Ten."Not Wholly Lost to Ambition" -- Eleven."I Am Scarce Mistress of My Conduct" -- pt. THREE SECRETARY OF WAR -- Twelve."A Prudent, Firm, Frugal Officer" -- Thirteen."Are We Forever to Be Overawed and Directed by Party Passions?" -- Fourteen."Mitigated Hostilities" -- Fifteen."I Must Be Allowed to Chuse" -- Sixteen."Referred to the General Officers" -- Seventeen."A Paltry Insurrection" -- Eighteen."I Have Always ... Considered You as a Man of Understanding and of the Strictest Integrity" -- pt. FOUR RETIREMENT -- Nineteen."To Retire to the Shades of Tranquility" -- Twenty."At the Twilight's Last Gleaming".
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-326) and index.
