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Washington - by Douglas Southall Freeman (Paperback)

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  • "Freeman's treatment of Washington as a Commander in Chief is virtually definitive" (The New York Times Book Review).
  • Author(s): Douglas Southall Freeman
  • 896 Pages
  • Biography & Autobiography, Historical

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"Freeman's treatment of Washington as a Commander in Chief is virtually definitive" (The New York Times Book Review).

Washington is the most complete, definitive one-volume biography of George Washington ever written. In 1948 renowned biographer and military historian Douglas Southall Freeman won his second Pulitzer Prize for his new and dramatic reexamination of George Washington. For years biographies had gone from idolatry to muckraking in their depictions of this somewhat marbleized Founding Father. Freeman's new interpretation was a fresh step, making Washington a living, breathing individual, flawed but heroic. An able commander who defeated the British Empire against incredible odds, Washington proved to be just as adept at wielding political power, and adroitly steered our new loosely called nation through the first stormy years of our unproven federal stewardship and the first two presidential administrations.

Here with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Kammen, who puts the writing and publication of Washington into perspective, and an afterword by Pulitzer Prize winner Dumas Malone, who explains the travails of Freeman's grinding work, Washington is the most comprehensive biography available, and its value as an important classic has never been more evident.



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Washington is the most complete, definitive one-volume biography of George Washington ever written. In 1948 renowned biographer and military historian Douglas Southall Freeman won his second Pulitzer Prize for his new dramatic reexamination of George Washington.
Dimensions (Overall): 9.24 Inches (H) x 6.19 Inches (W) x 1.57 Inches (D)
Weight: 2.28 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 896
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
Sub-Genre: Historical
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Format: Paperback
Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
Language: English
Street Date: December 1, 1995
TCIN: 81922112
UPC: 9780684826370
Item Number (DPCI): 247-22-8712
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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