Travels with George: in search of Washington and his legacy

Loomings

Mount Vernon

"Wreaths and chaplets of flowers"

New York

Dreaming of George Washington

"Only a man"

Turf wars

"A child of God"

The middle road home

The spies of Long Island

Newport

Providence

Terra incognita

The fellowship of the past

"Follow the yellow brick road

"Eleven o'clock Sunday morning

"A cat may look on a king"

Muddy freshets

"The devil's own roads"

Epilogue. The view from the mountain.

Preface: The chariot

Part I: Inauguration. Loomings ; Mount Vernon ; "Wreaths and chaplets of flowers" ; New York

Part II: New England. Dreaming of George Washington ; "Only a man" ; Turf wars ; "A child of God" ; The middle road home

Part III: Into the Storm. The spies of Long Island ; Newport ; Providence

Part IV: South. Terra incognita ; The fellowship of the past ; "Follow the yellow brick road" ; "Eleven o'clock Sunday morning" ; "A cat may look on a king" ; Muddy freshets ; "The devil's own roads"

Epilogue: The view from the mountain