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An elegant overview of the life of this nation's founding father. Brookhiser (The Way of the WASP, 1990), a senior editor at the National Review, examines George Washington's career as military man, politician, and citizen. Brookhiser notes that Washington became something of a myth in his own time (in 1776, a town in western Massachusetts renamed itself in his honor, and post-revolutionary babies throughout the US were christened after him) and that this mythic status has made it difficult for us to appreciate the man. It doesn't help matters, Brookhiser continues, that Washington was extraordinarily reserved; the author cannot help taking digs at ""kinder, gentler presidents who feel our pain"" in the light of the first president's careful modesty. Other biographers have painted fuller pictures of George Washington, but this slender book is a worthy appreciation in its own right. The author runs freely with small details that, on examination, tell us much about Washington's greatness; he sidestepped, for instance, the call to become king of the new nation in the face of widespread popular appeal for a homegrown monarch, and against much resistance in the Constitutional Convention

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Author

Richard Brookhiser

Publisher

FREE PRESS PAPERBACKS

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780684831428

Category

history

Subjects

Memoir, Reference, Fiction

Rating

3.87 / 5 (73 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14