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Washington's Farewell : the Founding Father's Warning to Future Generations by John Avlon is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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“A vivid portrait…A thoughtful consideration of Washington’s wisdom that couldn’t be timelier.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) George Washington’s Farewell Address was a prophetic letter from a “parting friend” to his fellow citizens about the forces he feared could destroy our democracy: hyper-partisanship, excessive debt, and foreign wars. Once celebrated as civic scripture, more widely reprinted than the Declaration of Independence, the Farewell Address is now almost forgotten. Its message remains starkly relevant. In Washington’s Farewell , John Avlon offers a stunning portrait of our first president and his battle to save America from self-destruction. At the end of his second term, Washington surprised Americans by publishing his Farewell message in a newspaper. The President called for unity among “citizens by birth or choice,” advocated moderation, defended...

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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
John Avlon
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Published
2017
Language
EN
ISBN
9781476746487
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, Memoir, History
Rating
4.13 / 5 (198 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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