A brief account of the life of the "Father of Our Country."

This is a simple biography of George Washington, the first president of the United States.

George Washington is unmistakably America s most famous Founding Father. He led the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later served as America s first president. But Washington s life is full of fun facts that many still don t know. From his relationships with other Founding Fathers to his early history as a general, there s much to discuss about one of America s most famous citizens. This book separates the myths from fact, delving...

Introduces the life of the Virginian who was the military leader of the colonies during the Revolution before becoming the first president of the United States.

A brief biography of Revolutionary War hero and 1st president of the United States, George Washington.

To this landmark biography of our first president, Joseph J. Ellis brings the exacting scholarship, shrewd analysis, and lyric prose that have made him one of the premier historians of the Revolutionary era. Training his lens on a figure who sometimes seems as remote as his effigy on Mount Rushmore, Ellis assesses George Washington as a military and political leader and a man whose "statue-like solidity" concealed volcanic energies and emotions. Here...