Leader by Destiny (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Jeanette Eaton
- First Published: 1938
- Time of Work: 1747–1799
- Setting: Virginia and the eastern United States
- Principal Characters: George Washington, Martha Custis Washington, Lawrence Washington, Sally Fairfax, James Craik, Marquis de Lafayette
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Virginia, Family or family life, United States or Americans, Politics, Revolutionaries, Love or romance, Friendship, Brothers, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Politicians, Government, Military life or service
- Locales: Virginia, East (U.S.)
Form and Content
Jeanette Eaton’s award-winning Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot, sets out to provide a definitive portrait of this famous American that will equally demonstrate his two conflicting and complementary roles—“man and patriot,” as the subtitle of the book calls them—while placing his life within the setting in which destiny called him to lead at a crucial period of Colonial and United States history. By dividing the four-hundred-page narrative into major scenes, Eaton is able to concentrate attention on the significant episodes...
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