Overview
A gripping portrait of the first president of the United States from the author ofĀ Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical.
Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
āTruly magnificentā¦ [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biographyāāAndrew Roberts,Ā The Wall Street Journal
āSuperbā¦ the best, most comprehensive, and most balanced single-volume biography of Washington ever written.āāGordon S. Wood,Ā The New York Review of Books
āA truly gripping biography of George Washington... I canāt recommend it highly enoughāas history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment. Itās as luxuriantly pleasurable as one of those great big sprawling, sweeping Victorian novels.āāHendrik Hertzberg,Ā The New Yorker
Lin-Manuel Mirandaās smash Broadway musicalĀ HamiltonĀ has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.
Ron Chernow's latest biography, Grant, is now available in paperback.Ā
This book title, Washington (A Life), ISBN: 9780143119968, by Ron Chernow, published by Penguin Publishing Group (September 27, 2011) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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