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Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow (Hardcover, 2010)

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The celebrated Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of America. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one-volume life, he carries the reader through Washington's troubled boyhood, his precocious feats in the French and Indian Wars, his creation of Mount Vernon, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention and his magnificent performance as America's first president. Despite the reverence his name inspires Washington remains a waxwork to many readers, worthy but dull, a laconic man of remarkable self-control. But in this groundbreaking work Chernow revises forever the uninspiring stereotype. He portrays Washington as a strapping, celebrated horseman, elegant dancer and tireless hunter, who guarded his emotional life with intriguing ferocity. Not only did Washington gather around himself the foremost figures of the age, including James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, he orchestrated their actions to help realise his vision for the new federal government, define the separation of powers, and establish the office of the presidency. Ron Chernow takes us on a page-turning journey through all the formative events of America's founding. This is a magisterial work from one of America's foremost writers and historians.

Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Books Ltd

ISBN-139781846144028

eBay Product ID (ePID)95306706

Product Key Features

Number of Pages928 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWashington: Alife

Publication Year2010

SubjectPolitics, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorRon Chernow

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height240 mm

Item Weight1532 g

Item Width162 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorRon Chernow

GenreBiographies & True Stories