| George Washington: A Biography |  | Author: Rh Value Publishing
Publisher: Random House Value Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1292644
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6 x 1
ISBN: 051712291X
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.41092
EAN: 9780517122914
ASIN: 051712291X
Publication Date: March 26, 1995
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Examines the first president's qualities as a statesman and political and military leader, while tracing his failures, achievements, ancestry, youth, early career, ideals, retirement, and death.
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Lots of biographies out there on General & President September 26, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Washington. This is a pretty good one. It's value to me was Washington as a colonial officer under British generals during the French-Indian War. It is essential as this was the making of the man & frames everything that comes after.
A stupid blunder, of so many by the British after defeating the French was the denial of Washington a generalship in the regular British military establishment. It was the one thing that he wanted or ever would want more in his whole life. Mr. Alden explains why Washington or any colonial could not hope for a career in the regular army. It chilled me to think of the course of American history & world history if Washington had remained a loyal British subject. Our history without Washington is hard to imagine. There was no one even close to his stature in America. So he did become a general after all. The rest of the book is well done. Good reading for someone not too familiar with the first president, with a little revolutionary era history thrown in.
As good a single volume on the Father as you will find August 29, 2001
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
A brisk, but not too brief account of Washington and the times surrounding him. Alden touches on most every event and aspect concerning the subject: from Shay's Rebellion to Martha's disposition, from the Hamilton-Jefferson Feud to his agricultural experiments. It is objective without trying to debunk a great man. Only the cursory discussion on slavery does the junvenile yankee condescention surface (Whose ships were involved in the slave trade even after the Virginians pushed through its ban via the Constitution? Yankees ie the Great Hypocrites of All Time.) It is, however, a thorough and interesting biography and highly recommended.
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