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Washington's Revolution
  • Published: 15 February 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101872390
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99
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Washington's Revolution

The Making of America's First Leader

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3 Feb 2015
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15 Feb 2016
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A vivid new portrait of the formative years that made George Washington a great leader, from a highly respected and accomplished historian who is a Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist.

    Focusing on Washington’s early years, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Robert Middlekauff penetrates his mystique, revealing his all-too-human fears, values, and passions. Rich in psychological detail regarding Washington’s temperament, idiosyncrasies, and experiences, this book shows a self-conscious Washington who grew in confidence and experience as a young soldier, businessman, and Virginia gentleman, and who was transformed into a patriot by the revolutionary ferment of the 1760s and ’70s. Middlekauff makes clear that Washington was at the heart of not just the revolution’s course and outcome but also the success of the nation it produced. 
    This vivid, insightful new account of the formative years that shaped a callow George Washington into an extraordinary leader is an indispensable book for truly understanding one of America’s great figures.
  • Published: 15 February 2016
  • ISBN: 9781101872390
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $49.99
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Praise for Washington's Revolution

"Middlekauff has written about Washington's war rather as Washington himself might have: carefully, thoroughly, with an eye for detail and a grasp, at all times, of the important points." --Richard Brookhiser, The New York Times Book Review

"A valuable one-volume account of Washington's ascendancy." --The Wall Street Journal

"This is not just another account of George Washington's leadership in the Revolutionary War; it is special. It is perceptive, balanced, judicious, and, most important, clearly and succinctly written. A marvelous achievement." --Gordon. S. Wood, author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution

"Middlekauff has written about Washington's war rather as Washington himself might have: carefully, thoroughly, with an eye for detail and a grasp, at all times, of the important points." --Richard Brookhiser, The New York Times Book Review

"A valuable one-volume account of Washington's ascendancy." --The Wall Street Journal

"This is not just another account of George Washington's leadership in the Revolutionary War; it is special. It is perceptive, balanced, judicious, and, most important, clearly and succinctly written. A marvelous achievement." --Gordon. S. Wood, author of The Radicalism of the American Revolution