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This is thread for the "syllabus and table of contents"for Washington, A Life by Ron Chernow.

by Ron Chernow

Table of Contents

Author's Note XVII

Prelude: The Portrait Artist XIX

PART ONE: The Frontiersman

ONE: A Short Lived Family 3
TWO: Fortune's Favorite 15
THREE: Wilderness Mission 29
FOUR: Bloodbath 39
FIVE: Shades of Death 52
SIX: The Soul of an Army 63
SEVEN: A Votary to Love 76
EIGHT: Darling of a Grateful Country 87

PART TWO: The Planter

NINE: The Man of Mode 97
TEN: A Certain Species of Property 109
ELEVEN: The Prodigy 121
TWELVE: Providence 127
THIRTEEN: A World of His Own 136
FOURTEEN: The Asiatic Prince 152
FIFTEEN: A Shock of Electricity 165

PART THREE: The General

SIXTEEN: The Glorious Cause 181
SEVENTEEN: Magnificent Bluff 194
EIGHTEEN: Land of Freedom 206
NINETEEN: The Heights 222
TWENTY: All London Afloat 234
TWENTY-ONE: Disaster 244
TWENTY-TWO: An Indecisive Mind 257
TWENTY-THREE: The Crossing 269
TWENTY-FOUR: The Busy Scenes of a Camp 285
TWENTY-FIVE: Darkness Visible 300
TWENTY-SIX: Rapping a Demigod over the Knuckles 312
TWENTY-SEVEN: A Dreary Kind of Place 323
TWENTY-EIGHT: The Long Retreat 337
TWENTY-NINE: Pests of Society 347
THIRTY: The Storm Thickens 358
THIRTY-ONE: The Traitor 371
THIRTY-TWO: Mutiny 388
THIRTY-THREE: Plundering Scoundrels 398
THIRTY-FOUR: The World Turned Upside Down 406
THIRTY-FIVE: Man of Moderation 424
THIRTY-SIX: Closing the Drama with Applause 437
THIRTY-SEVEN: Cincinnatus 448

PART FOUR: The Statesman

THIRTY-EIGHT: American Celebrity 461
THIRTY-NINE: Gentleman Farmer 476
FORTY: Devil's Bargain 485
FORTY-ONE: The Ruins of the Past 497
FORTY-TWO: A Masterly Hand 508
FORTY-THREE: A House on Fire 520
FORTY-FOUR: Rising Sun 533
FORTY-FIVE: Mounting the Seat 542

PART FIVE: The President

FORTY-SIX: The Place of Execution 559
FORTY-SEVEN: Acting the Presidency 574
FORTY-EIGHT: The Cares of Office 586
FORTY-NINE: Rays of Genius 595
FIFTY: The Traveling Presidency 608
FIFTY-ONE: The State of the President 618
FIFTY-TWO: Capital Matters 629
FIFTY-THREE: Southern Exposure 642
FIFTY-FOUR: Running into Extremes 656
FIFTY-FIVE: A Tissue of Machinations 669
FIFTY-SIX: Citizen Genet 684
FIFTY-SEVEN: Bring Out Your Dead 700
FIFTY-EIGHT: Hercules in the Field 711
FIFTY-NINE: Crowns and Coronets 723
SIXTY: Mad Dog 729
SIXTY-ONE: The Colossus of the People 740
SIXTY-TWO: The Master of Farewells 752
SIXTY-THREE: Exiting the Stage 764

PART SIX: The Legend

SIXTY-FOUR: Samson and Solomon 775
SIXTY-FIVE: A Mind on the Stretch 792
SIXTY-SIX: Freedom 799
SIXTY-SEVEN: Homecoming 805

Acknowledgments 819
Notes 823
Bibliography 859
Books 859
Articles 864
Index 873

Special Thanks to Teri

Week One - September 26 - October 2
Author's Note XVII

Prelude: The Portrait Artist XIX

ONE: A Short Lived Family 3
TWO: Fortune's Favorite 15
THREE: Wilderness Mission 29
FOUR: Bloodbath 39
FIVE: Shades of Death 52

Week Two - October 3 - 9
SIX: The Soul of an Army 63
SEVEN: A Votary to Love 76
EIGHT: Darling of a Grateful Country 87
NINE: The Man of Mode 97
TEN: A Certain Species of Property 109
ELEVEN: The Prodigy 121
TWELVE: Providence 127

Week Three - October 10 - 16
THIRTEEN: A World of His Own 136
FOURTEEN: The Asiatic Prince 152
FIFTEEN: A Shock of Electricity 165
SIXTEEN: The Glorious Cause 181
SEVENTEEN: Magnificent Bluff 194

Week Four - October 17 - 23
EIGHTEEN: Land of Freedom 206
NINETEEN: The Heights 222
TWENTY: All London Afloat 234
TWENTY-ONE: Disaster 244
TWENTY-TWO: An Indecisive Mind 257
TWENTY-THREE: The Crossing 269

Week Five - October 24 - 30
TWENTY-FOUR: The Busy Scenes of a Camp 285
TWENTY-FIVE: Darkness Visible 300
TWENTY-SIX: Rapping a Demigod over the Knuckles 312
TWENTY-SEVEN: A Dreary Kind of Place 323
TWENTY-EIGHT: The Long Retreat 337
TWENTY-NINE: Pests of Society 347

Week Six - October 31 - November 6
THIRTY: The Storm Thickens 358
THIRTY-ONE: The Traitor 371
THIRTY-TWO: Mutiny 388
THIRTY-THREE: Plundering Scoundrels 398
THIRTY-FOUR: The World Turned Upside Down 406

Week Seven - November 7 - 13
THIRTY-FIVE: Man of Moderation 424
THIRTY-SIX: Closing the Drama with Applause 437
THIRTY-SEVEN: Cincinnatus 448
THIRTY-EIGHT: American Celebrity 461
THIRTY-NINE: Gentleman Farmer 476
FORTY: Devil's Bargain 485

Week Eight - November 14 - 20
FORTY-ONE: The Ruins of the Past 497
FORTY-TWO: A Masterly Hand 508
FORTY-THREE: A House on Fire 520
FORTY-FOUR: Rising Sun 533
FORTY-FIVE: Mounting the Seat 542
FORTY-SIX: The Place of Execution 559

Week Nine - November 21 - 27
FORTY-SEVEN: Acting the Presidency 574
FORTY-EIGHT: The Cares of Office 586
FORTY-NINE: Rays of Genius 595
FIFTY: The Traveling Presidency 608
FIFTY-ONE: The State of the President 618
FIFTY-TWO: Capital Matters 629
FIFTY-THREE: Southern Exposure 642

Week Ten - November 28 - December 4
FIFTY-FOUR: Running into Extremes 656
FIFTY-FIVE: A Tissue of Machinations 669
FIFTY-SIX: Citizen Genet 684
FIFTY-SEVEN: Bring Out Your Dead 700
FIFTY-EIGHT: Hercules in the Field 711
FIFTY-NINE: Crowns and Coronets 723
SIXTY: Mad Dog 729

Week Eleven - December 5 - 11
SIXTY-ONE: The Colossus of the People 740
SIXTY-TWO: The Master of Farewells 752
SIXTY-THREE: Exiting the Stage 764
SIXTY-FOUR: Samson and Solomon 775
SIXTY-FIVE: A Mind on the Stretch 792
SIXTY-SIX: Freedom 799
SIXTY-SEVEN: Homecoming 805

Week Twelve - December 12 - 18
Final Thoughts and Book as a Whole

Special Thanks to Teri

For those of you who would like to get started in your reading - for week one coming up - we are reading from the Author's Note through the end of Chapter Five - XVII - through 62

I bought the book today in a self indulgent trip to Barnes and Noble. I'm very excited to read this, I accompanied my daughter to Washington D.C. last year for a school trip and we also spent a day at Mt. Vernon.

That is wonderful Lisa and you are going to also receive a free ancillary book about Washington free just for signing up, participating in the discussion and posting here at the History Book Club regarding the Chernow book.

I will send you a PM.

St. Martin's Press came up with this great offer for our members who are going to read and participate in the Chernow discussion. Lucky you.

Lisa - you are not on the event notification sign up for the discussion so you can get helpful notes from me - Bentley and also that is the list who will receive the free ancillary book - so make sure to sign up now and participate and post in the discussion.

First step - go to this link and say yes that you are participating.

https://www.goodreads.com/event/show/...

I have started reading the first weeks chapters and find them very interesting. I have been anxiously waiting to read this book.

I have just started the book and I am really enjoying it as well. I am looking forward to the discussions.

Great Karen - the thread will open today.