The youth of George Washington / Jessica E. Brunelle -- The unlikely success of a provincial surveyor : George Washington finds fame in the American frontier, 1749-1754 / Jason E. Farr -- Treating American Indians as "slaves', 'dogs', and unwanted allies : George Washington, Edward Braddock, and the influence of ethnocentrism and diplomatic pragmatism in Ohio Valley military relations, 1753-1755 / John Kenneth Rowland -- A provincial goes to war : George Washington and the Virginia Regiment, August 1755-January 1759 / Peter C. Luebke -- Entrepreneur / Dennis J. Pogue -- George Washington and his family / Patricia Brady -- Washington and slavery / L. Scott Philyaw -- "What manner of man I am" : the political career of George Washington before the Revolution / Taylor Stoermer -- George Washington and the siege of Boston / Robert J. Allison -- George Washington at New York : the campaign of 1776 / Barnet Schecter -- The crossing : the Trenton and Princeton campaign of 1776-1777 / Stuart Leibiger -- George Washington and the Philadelphia campaign 1777 / Thomas J. McGuire -- Washington at Valley Forge / Mary Stockwell -- The politics of battle : Washington, the army, and the Monmouth campaign / Mark Edward Lender -- "The most unlimited confidence in his wisdom & judgement" : Washington as Commander in Chief in the first years of the French alliance / Benjamin L. Huggins -- Washington, Rochambeau, and the Yorktown campaign of 1781 / Robert A. Selig -- "High time for peace" : George Washington and the close of the American Revolution / William M. Fowler, Jr. -- George Washington's navy / John B. Hattendorf -- Washington's irregulars / John W. Hall -- George Washington spymaster / John A. Nagy -- Administrator in chief / Cheryl R. Collins -- George Washington : America's first solder / Thomas A. Rider II -- Revolution and peace / James A. Mac Donald -- George Washington and the Constitution / Whit Ridgway -- George Washington and republican government : the political thought of George Washington / Nicholas P. Cole -- One cause, one purpose, one nation : George Washington, the Whiskey Insurrection, and executive authority / Carol S. Ebel -- Securing the Revolution : the American economy and the challenge of independence / Dana John Stefanelli -- George Washington and the emergence of party politics in the new nation / Rosemarie Zagarri -- Foreign policy in retirement / Alexia Jones Helsley -- George Washington's mind / William M. Ferraro -- Religion : George Washington, Anglican gentleman / Mary V. Thompson -- George Washington, death and mourning / Meredith Eliassen -- The Washington image in American culture / Scott E. Casper