The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions

John MarshallProject Gutenberg · United StatesMar 2023

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4

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Motivation and Growth Historical DocumentsPolitical LeadersLeadershipFate and FortuneFounding FatherGroup BiographyCivic AwarenessPatriotismIntellectual CommentaryAmerican History

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.The Life of George Washington: A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg EditionsAuthor: Marshall, John, 1755-1835,Language: English, Class: E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861), Release Date: May 18, 2009

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This book is not the text of Marshall's biography of Washington but a linked index compiled for the Project Gutenberg editions, a reference work. Organised by entry, it helps readers quickly locate people, events and chapters across the electronic volumes, showing the practical value of digital public-domain books for retrieval and navigation. For researchers or enthusiasts reading Marshall's multi-volume biography of Washington systematically, such an index greatly improves lookup efficiency and facilitates thematic browsing. Its value lies not in narrative but in structured retrieval, so it is better used as a companion tool than as a standalone read. Note that index entries must be used with the corresponding text editions; reading it alone yields incomplete information.

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Is this book a complete biography of Washington? No. It is a linked index compiled for the Project Gutenberg editions, used to locate entries and chapters in Marshall's biography of Washington; it does not itself contain the full biographical narrative.
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About the author

John Marshall Author · American · 1755–1835

John Marshall (1755–1835) was an American jurist and statesman. Born in Virginia in 1755, he served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1801 to 1835 and established the principle of judicial review. Between 1804 and 1807 he published a five-volume Life of George Washington, the first biography of an American president. The library holds seven of his works: the volumes of that biography, the Supreme Court opinion from the January Term 1832, and a linked index to the Project Gutenberg editions of the biography. His writings are marked by careful use of historical sources and by legal and political argument, combining the narrative qualities of biography with the rigor of judicial documents. Public information about him is limited, so this note focuses on the subjects, style, and influence of his works.