From National Book Award-winner Chernow comes a landmark biography of George Washington--a richly nuanced portrait of the father of the nation featuring a breadth and depth unmatched by any other narrative.
In addition to Alexander Hamilton, the production also features George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Aaron Burr, Lafayette, and many more..
Lin-Manuel Miranda\'s smash Broadway musical Hamilton has sparked new interest in the Revolutionary War and the Founding Fathers.
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.
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. --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.
I can\'t recommend it highly enough--as history, as epic, and, not least, as entertainment.
Well, I was wrong. . . [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 . . .
Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography Truly magnificent .
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.
From National Book Award-winner Chernow comes a landmark biography of George Washington--a richly nuanced portrait of the father of the nation featuring a breadth and depth unmatched by any other narrative
