George Washington (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Marcus Cunliffe
- First Published: 1958
- Time of Work: 1732–1799
- Setting: Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: George Washington, General William Howe, General Henry Clinton, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Revolutionaries, Leadership, Revolutions, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Military life or service, Presidents, Biography, Generals
- Locales: Virginia, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey
Form and Content
Marcus Cunliffe’s George Washington: Man and Monument is a compressed, perceptive biography that furnishes facts about Washington’s life while describing and interpreting his legend. The author separates man from myth while tracing Washington’s life from a surveyor, young army officer, and planter to a general and the president of the United States. A frontispiece illustrating Charles Peale Polk’s heroic portrait, George Washington at Princeton and an informative chronology of Washington’s life precede the book’s five chapters.
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