
George Washington
A Life
Willard Sterne Randall(Author)
Holt Paperback (Publisher)
Published on 15. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-8050-5992-2 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Henry Holt & Company Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
901 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8050-5992-2 (9780805059922)
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Willard Sterne Randall lives in Burlington, Vermont. An award-winning journalist, he is now a Distinguished Scholar in History and Professor at Champlain College. He has written several biographies of Founding Fathers, including George Washington: A Life and Alexander Hamilton: A Life, or their antitheses, such as Forgotten Americans.