George Washington's Rules to Live by

George Washington's Rules to Live by
Author: George Washington
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2014
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1426315007

"How to sit, stand, smile, & be cool!"--Cover.

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior

George Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior
Author: George Washington
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2013-04-16
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1442222328

Taking his inspiration from a 16th century French manual on etiquette, young George Washington compiled his own set of instructions under the title, The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior. These concise rules to live by have been studied and copied by millions of readers eager to absorb Washington’s secrets of success in life and work. Neither unduly severe nor sentimental, the rules have stood the test of time and still reverberate today.

George Washington's Rules of Civility

George Washington's Rules of Civility
Author: Moncure Daniel Conway
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 93
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

In his school years, George Washington copied 110 rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation. Previously, it was a book by the French monks, trendy in the times of Washington. Many researchers believe that such an exercise had a strong influence on the formation of Washington's character. Here, we present the reprint of George's Washington's Rules of Civility.

Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility
Author: Moncure Daniel Conway
Publisher: Book Jungle
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2007-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781604241334

Among the manuscript books of George Washington, preserved in the State Archives at Washington City, the earliest bears the date, written in it by himself, 1745. Washington was born February 11, 1731 O. S., so that while writing in this book he was either near the close of his fourteenth, or in his fifteenth, year. It is entitled "Forms of Writing", has thirty folio pages, and the contents, all in his boyish handwriting, are sufficiently curious. Amid copied forms of exchange, bonds, receipts, sales, and similar exercises, occasionally, in ornate penmanship, there are poetic selections, among them lines of a religious tone on "True Happiness". But the great interest of the book centres in the pages headed : "Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour in Company and Conversation". The book had been gnawed at the bottom by Mount Vernon mice, before it reached the State Archives, and nine of the 110 Rules have thus suffered, the sense of several being lost...

Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility
Author: Amor Towles
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2012-06-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0143121162

From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow, a “sharply stylish” (Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society—now with over one million readers worldwide On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve. With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.

George-isms

George-isms
Author: George Washington
Publisher: Atheneum Books
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2000
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

Presents 110 quotations about civility and behavior that George Washington copied when he was fourteen years old and attempted to live by.

The Education of George Washington

The Education of George Washington
Author: Austin Washington
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2014-02-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 162157220X

George Washington—a man of honor, bravery and leadership. He is known as America’s first President, a great general, and a humble gentleman, but how did he become this man of stature? The Education of George Washington answers this question with a new discovery about his past and the surprising book that shaped him. Who better to unearth them than George Washington’s great-nephew, Austin Washington? Most Washington fans have heard of “The Rules of Civility” and learned that this guided our first President. But that’s not the book that truly made George Washington who he was. In The Education of George Washington, Austin Washington reveals the secret that he discovered about Washington’s past that explains his true model for conduct, honor, and leadership—an example that we could all use. The Education of George Washington also includes a complete facsimile of the forgotten book that changed George Washington's life.

Benjamin Franklin's Book of Virtues

Benjamin Franklin's Book of Virtues
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Publisher: Books of American Wisdom
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781429093552

A Pocket-Sized Collection of Benjamin Franklin's Thirteen Virtues in an Elegant Hardcover Edition

The Cousins' Wars

The Cousins' Wars
Author: Kevin Phillips
Publisher: Basic Books (AZ)
Total Pages: 746
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN:

A sweeping history encompassing military, political, and religious themes in its discussion of how America evolved over 300 years into a powerful global community, and why other European powers did not. Phillips, a seasoned author of eight prior books, focuses on the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War in search of the factors contributing to America's position in the world today. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR