George Washington: A Life

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.

Author: Willard Sterne Randall
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 11/15/1998
Pages: 512
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.65lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780805059922

About the Author

Willard Sterne Randall lives in Burlington, Vermont. His Thomas Jefferson was hailed by The Wall Street Journal as "outstanding . . . a splid one-volume biography."