Washington
A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
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4.8 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography
“Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” —Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal
“Until recently, I’d never believed that there could be such a thing as a truly gripping biography of George Washington . . . Well, I was wrong. I can’t recommend it highly enough—as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment.” —Hendrik Hertzberg, The New Yorker
Celebrated biographer Ron Chernow provides a richly nuanced portrait of the father of our nation and the first president of the United States. With a breadth and depth matched by no other one volume biography of George Washington, this crisply paced narrative carries the reader through his adventurous early years, his heroic exploits with the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, his presiding over the Constitutional Convention, and his magnificent performance as America's first president. In this groundbreaking work, based on massive research, Chernow shatters forever the stereotype of George Washington as a stolid, unemotional figure and brings to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods.
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers. In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
George Washington: He’s the guy on the dollar bill who chopped down the cherry tree while wearing wooden teeth, right? We know about America’s first president and his political achievements, but many of us don’t really know that much about Washington the man outside of the legends associated with his name. Journalist and self-taught historian Ron Chernow (who also wrote Alexander Hamilton, the basis for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit musical) takes us behind the granite monuments and stone-faced portraits. His thoroughly researched, Pulitzer-winning biography uses Washington’s own carefully kept records—including countless letters, maps, and articles—to reveal the man behind the myth.
