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Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
FIRST IN WAR, FIRST IN PEACE, FIRST IN LEADERSHIP.
Richard Brookhiser's revolutionary biography, Founding Father , took George Washington off the dollar bill and made him live. Now, with his trademark wit and precision, Brookhiser expertly examines the details of Washington's life that fullscale biographies sweep over, to instruct us in true leadership. George Washington on Leadership is a textbook look at Washington's three spectacularly successful...
Author
Series
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Volumes have been written about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Vidal's does. His consummate skill takes the reader into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Even compared to his fellow founders, George Washington stands tall. Our first president has long been considered a stoic hero, holding himself above the rough-and-tumble politics of his day. Now historian John Ferling peers behind that image, carefully burnished by Washington himself, to show us a leader who was not only not above politics, but a canny infighter--a master of persuasion, manipulation, and deniability. In the War of Independence, Washington...
Author
Publisher
Heinemann
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Uses the life of George Washington as a reference to examine the history of the United States during the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, the time of the Continental Congress, and early years of this new nation.
Author
Publisher
Times Books
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of George Washington, focusing on the strengths and weaknesses of his presidential leadership, from his lasting foreign and economic policies to his polarizing denunciation of political parties and his public silence about slavery.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the intertwined careers of the founders of the American republic including John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington and the moments that shaped the Nation's history.
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2001]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A biography of a man who was a gentleman and a natural-born leader of the colonies and who played a very important part in the development of our country as we know it today.
11) Writings
Author
Publisher
Library of America
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Description
This one-volume collection - the most extensive and authoritative ever published - covers five decades of Washington's astonishingly active life and brings together over 440 letters, orders, addresses, and other writings.
Among the early writings included are the journal Washington kept at age 16 while surveying the Shenandoah Valley frontier and his dramatic account of the winter journey he made through the Pennsylvania wilderness in 1753 while...
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the intertwined careers of the founders of the American republic including John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington and the moments that shaped the Nation's history.
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