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George Washington is the human story of a man who turned an impoverished childhood and the frequent humiliations at the hands of a mother he feared and the British generals he admired into a career of rebellion and creation. When he had worn out and nearly bankrupted his allies, George Washington disbanded the victorious army he had forged and resigned to Congress, giving life to democratic government. George III once said that if Washington could give up power, he would be the greatest man of the eighteenth century. And Washington did. Twice. As the bicentennial of Washington's death approaches on December 14, 1999, a large American public is keen to know the human story of our founding father.
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Scott Francis
reviewed George Washington on December 27, 2013 George Washington
If you are looking for the definitive Washington biography, look elsewhere. In 560 pages Randall covers Washington's entire life from boyhood through the presidency. By packing 60+ years of critical American history into a biographical narrative, many fascinating figures such as Ethan Allen and Henry Knox are given only passing descriptions. Randall avoids cumbersome detail and leaves the reader curios to learn more about the man and the time. By that measure, it is a great biography. I would recommend it to anyone who feels like they don't know the Father of Our Country as well as they should. This book is a perfect jumping off point from which to dive into more detailed histories of the early Republic, the Revolutionary War, the Constitutional Convention, the French and Indian War or the crises of the late colonial period. The author is at his best describing the precarious and dangerous pre-Revolutionary decade.
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