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Washington’s Revolution: The Making of America’s First Leader

byRobert Middlekauff

Robert Middlekauff uses Washington’s Revolution to investigate the Making of America’s First Leader through a carefully framed biographical portrait. The book builds its explanation through key episodes, competing interests, and the setting supplied by the wider field of biography & autobiography. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. It is written for readers seeking substance as well as a clear path through the material.

Publisher

Knopf

Publication date

Mar 05, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

384

ISBN

9781101874233