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Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow

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In this work, the author, a biographer provides a portrait of the father of our nation, dashing forever the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man, and revealing an astute and surprising portrait of a canny political genius who knew how to inspire people.

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Eye-OpeningDeeply ResearchedGreat Figures in HistoryHumanizing the mythic founderThe burden of firstsForging a fragile unionThe cost of public virtue
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