George washington biography books
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Rediscover America’s First President with the Best George Washington Books
America almost lost the Revolutionary War just after it started. After a failed battle in New York City in August , General Washington and his troops retreated–but he had to devise a new strategy in beställning to stay in the war. How was he able to salvage the war and ultimately vända it into a victory for the independent cause? He recruited a network of spies called the Culper Spy Ring.
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Kilmeade and Yaeger present the men who made up the Culper Spy fingerprydnad and their unexpected backgrounds. One owned a tavern, while another owned a coffee shop, a third was a known bachelor on Long Island, and one man was an unsuspecting Quaker merchant— just to describe a few. The six men in the Spy Ring are rarely written about, but without them, the outcome of the American Revolution may have been very different. A different take on a typical Washington bi
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My Journey Through the Best Presidential Biographies
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The journey to read the best biographies of every president from George Washington to Barack Obama seems a long and ambitious one. With just a single president in the rearview mirror now, the path ahead still seems quite formidable.
Having just finished nine biographies (by five authors) on Washington, it seems natural to pause for a moment to reflect on how far we have traveled. And since few people possess the burning desire to read a half dozen or more books on Washington to find one that is &#;just right&#; it also seems appropriate to provide some parting thoughts before pressing ahead to meet John Adams.
Thus far, the adventure has been far more satisfying than expected. Although I knew George Washington&#;s life was certain to be interesting, it proved immensely more so than imagined. His evolution &#; from an underprivileged but ambitious youth into a judicious and astute leader &#; was captivating and cou
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Bibliography of George Washington
Selected list of works about George Washington
This bibliography of George Washington is a selected list of written and published works about George Washington (–). A count estimated the number of books about George Washington at some nine hundred; add scholarly articles with Washington's name in the title and the count climbs to six thousand.[1][2]
It covers his life in general or in part and includes primary sources containing Washington's works, letters, records, diaries, etc. The literature on Washington is immense, his biographers and editors having lived in four separate centuries. Many of the publications listed here lend themselves to Washington in a biographical capacity, while many cover specific events and other topics where Washington is the central or an important figure. Publications covering subjects such as 'The Winter at Valley Forge', 'The Battle of Brooklyn' and Washington's farewell address are well pla