Washington: An Abridgement In One Volume Of The Seven-Volume George Washington
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American biography, Washington: An Abridgement in One Volume of the Seven-Volume George Washington distills Douglas Southall Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece into a single, authoritative narrative that chronicles the life of the nation's first president with meticulous scholarship and vivid detail. Richard Harwell's skilled condensation preserves the sweep and depth of Freeman's original research, tracing Washington's journey from his Virginia origins through his transformative command of the Continental Army and his two terms as president. Written with a tone that is both reverent and rigorously analytical, the text presents Washington not as a marble monument but as a complex, driven, and profoundly human leader whose decisions shaped the destiny of a new republic. Freeman's exhaustive command of primary sources illuminates the military campaigns, political struggles, and personal trials that defined Washington's character, making this abridgement an indispensable volume for anyone seeking a definitive portrait of America's founding father.
Author: Douglas Southall Freeman
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Eyre & Spottiswoode
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark work of American biography, Washington: An Abridgement in One Volume of the Seven-Volume George Washington distills Douglas Southall Freeman's Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece into a single, authoritative narrative that chronicles the life of the nation's first president with meticulous scholarship and vivid detail. Richard Harwell's skilled condensation preserves the sweep and depth of Freeman's original research, tracing Washington's journey from his Virginia origins through his transformative command of the Continental Army and his two terms as president. Written with a tone that is both reverent and rigorously analytical, the text presents Washington not as a marble monument but as a complex, driven, and profoundly human leader whose decisions shaped the destiny of a new republic. Freeman's exhaustive command of primary sources illuminates the military campaigns, political struggles, and personal trials that defined Washington's character, making this abridgement an indispensable volume for anyone seeking a definitive portrait of America's founding father.