People's needs in the exploding cities gave a new breed of politicians a chance to get rich from graft.
The Story of George Washington - 1965 was released on: USA: February 1965
Blackjack is a mule in George Washington's Socks.
The Story of George Washington - 1965 is rated/received certificates of: USA:Approved (PCA #06608)
The painful reality of war Also: smaller themes in the book involving helping other people, leadership, past v. present, etc.
The George Washington myth was a story that Parson Locke Weems made up portraying how honest George Washington was. The story involved George chopping down his father's cherry tree as a young boy, his father asks him if he chopped the cherry tree down and George tells him that he "cannot tell a lie."
well its just a story people told : )
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George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree or say "I can't tell a lie, Pa". This apocryphal story was created by Mason Locke Weems better known as Parson Weems in A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington to show George Washington's honesty.
George Washington did not chop down a cherry tree or say "I can't tell a lie, Pa". This apocryphal story was created by Mason Locke Weems better known as Parson Weems in A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington.
The story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree, and then being unable to lie about it, has persisted throughout history. However, there is no evidence that this ever happened, and researchers have not been able to find any.
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"Telemachus Friend" follows a man named Plunkitt who, through a series of misadventures, ends up finding himself in a wealthy woman's mansion. Taking advantage of the situation, he poses as a Greek scholar to impress the woman, only to be exposed as a fraud. Plunkitt then quickly escapes, leaving the woman perplexed and amused by his audacity. The story ends with a humorous twist as Plunkitt's actions reveal his cleverness and resourcefulness.