George Washington | George Washington

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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

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.

George Washington | George Washington

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